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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Within the past 12 months when seeking health care, do you feel your experiences were worse than, the same as, or better than for people of other races?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Worse than other races Same as other races Better than other races Worse than some, better than others Encountered people of same race
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 900 66 7.6 5.4-10.8 784 88.2 84.8-90.9 37 3.1 2.0- 4.8 13 1.1 0.6- 2.1 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 319 21 9.4 5.4-15.9 278 86.3 80.0-90.9 16 3.2 1.8- 5.7 4 1.0 0.3- 3.3 0 0.0 . - .
Female 581 45 6.3 4.2- 9.5 506 89.5 85.7-92.4 21 3.0 1.6- 5.7 9 1.1 0.5- 2.4 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 80 4 2.1 0.6- 7.2 74 96.4 90.8-98.6 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 169 14 11.6 5.6-22.5 146 82.2 71.0-89.7 8 5.1 1.9-13.1 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 208 20 8.9 4.7-16.1 172 85.8 78.4-91.0 13 4.6 2.4- 8.9 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 195 16 11.4 5.7-21.6 171 83.7 73.8-90.3 4 2.7 0.9- 7.4 4 2.2 0.8- 6.4 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 109 8 5.0 2.1-11.1 91 91.1 84.5-95.1 7 2.4 0.9- 5.9 3 1.5 0.4- 5.6 0 0.0 . - .
65-74 73 1 2.4 0.3-15.1 70 96.2 86.5-99.0 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 51 1 3.9 0.6-23.2 49 92.9 75.5-98.2 1 3.2 0.4-19.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 161 13 11.7 5.5-23.1 140 85.0 74.1-91.9 6 2.2 0.9- 5.5 2 1.1 0.2- 4.8 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 305 22 7.7 4.1-13.8 264 87.2 80.6-91.7 16 4.2 2.0- 8.5 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 0 0.0 . - .
Some Post-H.S. 249 19 5.0 2.8- 8.6 218 91.1 86.3-94.3 8 2.7 1.1- 6.2 4 1.3 0.4- 4.4 0 0.0 . - .
College Graduate 180 11 7.6 3.3-16.5 158 88.9 80.5-93.9 7 2.5 1.0- 5.9 4 1.1 0.3- 3.4 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 125 16 6.9 3.6-12.8 105 90.9 84.3-94.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 3 1.9 0.5- 7.3 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 207 19 11.3 5.7-21.2 175 85.1 75.7-91.4 10 2.6 1.2- 5.4 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4 0 0.0 . - .
$25,000- 34,999 147 10 5.0 2.4-10.0 127 87.6 78.5-93.2 8 5.7 2.0-15.2 2 1.7 0.4- 7.9 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 114 5 4.5 1.4-13.6 104 92.4 83.7-96.6 4 3.0 1.0- 8.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 56 1 4.2 0.6-24.6 53 91.1 73.8-97.4 1 3.3 0.5-20.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 57 3 7.2 1.6-27.0 52 90.3 72.7-97.0 2 2.5 0.5-11.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 20 3 11.1 3.4-30.9 17 88.9 69.1-96.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 80 6 6.4 2.4-15.7 72 92.2 83.1-96.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5 0 0.0 . - .
Guilford 100 7 9.1 3.7-20.7 83 82.6 71.1-90.1 7 6.4 2.8-14.1 3 1.9 0.6- 6.3 0 0.0 . - .
Henderson/Transylvania 11 1 2.3 0.2-18.0 10 97.7 82.0-99.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 122 12 7.4 4.0-13.2 99 82.6 74.1-88.7 7 6.5 2.9-13.9 4 3.6 1.2- 9.9 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 36 2 4.7 1.1-18.3 33 89.4 68.7-97.0 1 5.9 0.8-32.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Pitt 89 3 3.0 0.9- 9.3 81 86.5 72.8-93.9 4 6.7 2.2-19.0 1 3.8 0.5-22.2 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 14 0 0.0 . - . 13 93.9 66.4-99.2 1 6.1 0.8-33.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 78 6 5.1 1.8-13.7 68 91.1 81.5-95.9 3 2.1 0.6- 7.0 1 1.8 0.2-11.6 0 0.0 . - .
Wake 63 8 7.2 3.2-15.3 52 90.5 82.0-95.2 3 2.3 0.7- 7.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Western NC 21 0 0.0 . - . 18 78.1 50.1-92.7 3 21.9 7.3-49.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Piedmont NC 101 8 8.1 3.4-17.9 91 91.0 81.4-95.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 0 0.0 . - .
Eastern NC 165 10 8.4 4.3-15.8 147 89.0 81.4-93.8 6 2.3 0.7- 7.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.6 0 0.0 . - .

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*Respondents, who reported not using health care, were excluded.

#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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