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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

When you are sick or need advice about your health, to which one of the following places do you usually go?

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  Total
Respond.#		 Doctor's office Public health clinic Outpatient/Emergency Room Urgent care center Other or no usual place
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,681 5,339 76.6 74.9-78.2 380 6.7 5.7- 7.8 333 6.1 5.2- 7.1 290 5.2 4.4- 6.1 339 5.5 4.7- 6.4
GENDER
Male 2,572 1,911 71.8 69.0-74.5 143 6.7 5.2- 8.5 183 7.6 6.1- 9.4 151 7.0 5.6- 8.7 184 6.9 5.6- 8.4
Female 4,109 3,428 81.0 79.0-82.8 237 6.7 5.5- 8.1 150 4.7 3.7- 5.9 139 3.5 2.7- 4.3 155 4.2 3.4- 5.3
RACE
White 5,078 4,243 81.0 79.2-82.6 181 3.9 3.1- 4.8 184 4.9 3.9- 6.0 218 5.0 4.1- 6.0 252 5.4 4.5- 6.4
African American 1,052 765 70.1 65.6-74.2 84 8.0 5.7-11.0 105 10.7 8.2-13.8 51 6.7 4.6- 9.7 47 4.6 3.0- 7.0
Asian 78 53 59.7 42.7-74.6 5 6.0 2.1-15.7 8 8.9 3.4-21.4 1 1.8 0.2-11.7 11 23.6 10.9-43.8
Native American 185 138 75.7 62.8-85.2 17 5.0 2.7- 9.3 18 13.3 5.8-27.6 7 1.9 0.8- 4.6 5 4.0 1.1-13.6
Other Minorities 243 103 44.1 34.6-54.0 89 39.3 30.0-49.4 16 5.0 2.6- 9.5 13 4.9 2.3-10.1 22 6.6 3.6-11.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 272 129 43.6 34.3-53.4 99 39.2 30.0-49.1 13 6.3 2.6-14.6 13 4.6 2.2- 9.2 18 6.4 3.3-11.8
-English Speaking 126 89 69.2 56.3-79.6 16 13.6 7.1-24.5 4 2.8 0.8- 8.8 5 3.9 1.3-10.5 12 10.6 4.4-23.3
-Spanish Speaking 146 40 31.6 20.4-45.4 83 51.1 38.2-63.8 9 8.0 2.9-20.2 8 4.9 2.0-11.7 6 4.4 1.8-10.7
Non-Hispanic 6,397 5,202 78.8 77.2-80.4 278 4.5 3.7- 5.4 319 6.0 5.1- 7.1 277 5.2 4.4- 6.2 321 5.4 4.7- 6.4
AGE
18-24 478 286 65.2 58.4-71.5 66 12.6 8.5-18.4 42 9.4 6.2-14.0 38 5.8 3.7- 9.2 46 6.9 4.5-10.5
25-34 1,128 803 65.7 61.3-69.9 84 8.4 6.1-11.5 70 8.5 6.1-11.5 91 9.9 7.4-13.2 80 7.5 5.5-10.1
35-44 1,300 1,006 76.8 73.2-80.0 76 6.6 4.8- 9.0 61 4.0 2.8- 5.8 71 5.1 3.7- 7.1 86 7.4 5.5-10.0
45-54 1,317 1,094 81.6 78.1-84.6 49 3.1 2.1- 4.5 67 6.1 4.3- 8.7 56 5.5 3.8- 7.9 51 3.7 2.5- 5.5
55-64 969 826 86.0 82.8-88.8 54 4.8 3.3- 7.0 40 4.5 2.9- 6.8 15 1.2 0.6- 2.4 34 3.5 2.3- 5.4
65-74 798 713 85.0 80.5-88.6 31 6.9 4.4-10.6 24 3.0 1.7- 5.3 11 2.0 0.8- 4.8 19 3.1 1.6- 5.8
75+ 626 560 88.3 83.8-91.7 15 2.4 1.1- 5.3 28 6.1 3.7-10.1 4 0.8 0.2- 3.6 19 2.3 1.2- 4.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,064 763 66.4 61.4-71.1 137 15.4 11.7-19.9 101 10.3 7.8-13.5 30 3.8 2.2- 6.2 33 4.1 2.5- 6.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,963 1,544 75.9 72.8-78.7 110 6.2 4.8- 8.1 115 6.8 5.2- 8.8 99 5.9 4.4- 7.8 95 5.3 4.0- 6.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,566 1,274 78.8 75.4-81.8 72 5.3 3.7- 7.4 62 5.0 3.5- 7.1 70 5.4 3.9- 7.6 88 5.5 4.1- 7.4
College Graduate 2,067 1,744 82.7 79.9-85.1 58 2.6 1.8- 3.7 52 3.1 2.0- 4.8 91 4.9 3.7- 6.6 122 6.7 5.1- 8.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 666 451 65.5 59.3-71.2 94 14.6 10.7-19.7 57 10.6 7.0-15.6 19 2.9 1.6- 5.3 45 6.4 4.1- 9.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,083 785 66.8 61.7-71.5 102 12.6 9.1-17.1 93 10.2 7.5-13.8 49 5.1 3.3- 7.7 54 5.3 3.5- 8.0
$25,000- 34,999 811 640 76.5 71.8-80.7 34 5.6 3.5- 9.0 47 5.5 3.9- 7.8 50 7.3 4.8-10.8 40 5.0 3.2- 7.7
$35,000- 49,999 896 740 78.4 73.9-82.4 27 3.4 2.1- 5.6 34 4.6 2.9- 7.3 43 5.9 3.8- 8.8 52 7.7 5.2-11.2
$50,000-74,999 744 652 85.9 81.2-89.5 6 1.9 0.7- 5.4 10 1.7 0.7- 4.0 38 6.2 3.7-10.0 38 4.3 2.7- 6.7
$75,000+ 878 786 87.1 83.3-90.1 10 1.2 0.6- 2.4 13 2.0 0.9- 4.7 29 3.7 2.3- 6.0 40 5.9 3.9- 8.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 412 331 77.3 71.9-81.9 23 6.1 3.9- 9.5 16 4.6 2.6- 7.9 24 6.4 4.1-10.0 18 5.6 3.2- 9.5
Forsyth 462 385 79.9 74.9-84.1 23 6.0 3.8- 9.5 22 5.6 3.4- 9.0 16 4.6 2.7- 7.8 16 3.9 2.3- 6.6
Guilford 422 337 74.9 69.0-80.0 23 7.0 4.2-11.3 20 6.5 3.9-10.7 22 6.9 4.2-11.0 20 4.8 2.9- 7.8
Henderson/Transylvania 467 403 82.3 76.8-86.7 16 5.3 3.0- 9.3 18 5.3 2.9- 9.7 11 2.4 1.1- 4.9 19 4.6 2.7- 7.8
Mecklenburg 435 365 79.1 73.5-83.8 16 4.8 2.7- 8.5 21 5.3 3.3- 8.6 16 5.1 2.8- 9.1 17 5.6 3.2- 9.6
Orange 435 333 73.9 68.1-79.1 31 8.4 5.6-12.6 23 5.5 3.4- 8.9 11 2.8 1.5- 5.5 37 9.2 6.4-13.2
Pitt 416 316 74.7 69.3-79.4 23 5.9 3.7- 9.3 19 5.1 3.0- 8.7 28 6.4 4.3- 9.5 30 7.9 5.3-11.6
Randolph 432 356 80.4 74.9-85.0 20 5.2 3.2- 8.3 16 5.0 2.7- 9.3 20 5.0 3.1- 7.9 20 4.4 2.6- 7.3
Robeson 440 326 66.7 60.1-72.7 39 10.6 7.2-15.5 37 12.2 8.4-17.4 24 5.3 3.3- 8.2 14 5.2 2.2-11.9
Wake 428 343 76.9 71.2-81.8 15 4.8 2.7- 8.6 16 5.1 2.9- 8.9 24 6.5 3.7-11.1 30 6.6 4.4- 9.8
Western NC 658 531 80.0 76.1-83.4 46 6.3 4.5- 8.7 32 5.5 3.7- 8.0 15 2.4 1.4- 4.2 34 5.8 3.9- 8.7
Piedmont NC 881 733 81.2 77.7-84.3 41 5.2 3.5- 7.7 45 5.3 3.7- 7.4 22 3.3 2.1- 5.2 40 5.0 3.5- 7.2
Eastern NC 793 580 69.7 65.5-73.6 64 9.4 7.0-12.6 48 7.7 5.5-10.6 57 7.6 5.7-10.1 44 5.6 4.0- 7.7

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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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