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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,057 672 61.7 57.1-66.0 203 18.5 15.4-22.1 182 19.8 16.2-24.0
GENDER
Male 371 214 53.8 46.3-61.1 61 18.7 13.6-25.1 96 27.5 21.3-34.9
Female 686 458 67.5 62.0-72.6 142 18.4 14.7-22.7 86 14.1 10.4-19.0
AGE
18-24 92 52 59.2 43.9-72.9 13 13.0 6.2-25.5 27 27.8 16.5-42.8
25-34 193 124 63.6 53.2-72.8 25 9.1 5.5-14.7 44 27.3 18.8-37.8
35-44 237 154 62.8 53.5-71.3 33 14.9 9.8-21.9 50 22.3 15.3-31.4
45-54 220 140 57.0 47.3-66.3 50 26.7 18.9-36.4 30 16.2 9.6-26.1
55-64 129 83 64.6 51.9-75.6 30 24.2 14.9-36.8 16 11.2 5.5-21.4
65-74 95 63 67.1 52.7-78.8 26 25.0 15.0-38.7 6 7.9 2.6-21.7
75+ 70 41 61.4 45.7-75.1 21 30.3 17.8-46.5 8 8.3 3.2-20.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 112 54.5 43.6-65.0 50 21.5 14.4-30.9 43 24.0 15.7-34.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 355 221 62.5 54.8-69.5 64 17.7 12.9-23.7 70 19.9 14.4-26.7
Some Post-H.S. 282 183 61.2 51.9-69.8 53 18.5 12.6-26.3 46 20.3 13.3-29.7
College Graduate 206 151 71.6 62.2-79.4 34 14.4 9.4-21.4 21 14.0 7.9-23.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 149 76 48.5 36.1-61.2 37 21.6 13.4-33.0 36 29.8 18.7-44.0
$15,000- 24,999 238 153 60.2 49.8-69.8 43 17.5 11.7-25.5 42 22.2 14.3-32.8
$25,000- 34,999 164 106 66.2 54.7-76.0 29 14.0 8.8-21.5 29 19.8 11.9-31.1
$35,000- 49,999 125 80 50.5 37.6-63.3 26 26.4 15.9-40.5 19 23.1 13.3-37.1
$50,000-74,999 63 49 78.3 61.3-89.1 8 11.6 4.8-25.2 6 10.2 3.4-26.9
$75,000+ 59 44 79.5 64.1-89.3 9 13.7 5.7-29.5 6 6.8 2.7-16.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 17 65.0 43.9-81.5 5 14.0 5.4-31.7 5 21.0 8.5-43.1
Forsyth 96 65 66.3 54.5-76.4 19 19.2 11.8-29.6 12 14.5 7.7-25.7
Guilford 118 68 56.7 44.9-67.9 28 25.2 16.2-36.9 22 18.1 11.1-28.1
Henderson/Transylvania 13 10 88.4 60.4-97.4 2 7.3 1.3-31.5 1 4.4 0.5-29.7
Mecklenburg 133 92 68.1 58.2-76.5 22 16.9 10.5-26.1 19 15.0 9.3-23.2
Orange 42 27 56.6 37.9-73.6 8 24.3 11.1-45.2 7 19.1 8.7-37.0
Pitt 111 77 70.8 60.4-79.4 15 11.8 6.8-19.7 19 17.4 10.5-27.5
Randolph 17 9 56.1 28.4-80.5 5 20.3 7.4-44.9 3 23.6 5.7-60.9
Robeson 96 52 47.0 33.6-60.8 21 15.1 8.9-24.5 23 37.9 23.6-54.7
Wake 74 44 57.5 42.4-71.3 8 10.4 4.7-21.6 22 32.1 19.7-47.8
Western NC 23 14 50.8 29.2-72.1 6 28.6 12.7-52.6 3 20.6 6.3-49.8
Piedmont NC 114 76 66.6 55.4-76.2 20 16.9 10.5-26.3 18 16.5 9.9-26.2
Eastern NC 193 121 58.1 49.3-66.5 44 21.0 15.1-28.4 28 20.9 14.0-30.0

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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