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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,730 563 8.5 7.5- 9.5 6,167 91.5 90.5-92.5
GENDER
Male 2,599 152 6.0 4.7- 7.4 2,447 94.0 92.6-95.3
Female 4,131 411 10.8 9.3-12.4 3,720 89.2 87.6-90.7
RACE
White 5,105 349 6.7 5.7- 7.8 4,756 93.3 92.2-94.3
African American 1,055 135 13.9 11.0-17.4 920 86.1 82.6-89.0
Asian 78 9 10.2 4.3-22.3 69 89.8 77.7-95.7
Native American 185 27 13.3 7.0-23.9 158 86.7 76.1-93.0
Other Minorities 263 37 11.7 7.7-17.4 226 88.3 82.6-92.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 295 39 13.6 9.0-20.0 256 86.4 80.0-91.0
-English Speaking 125 11 10.4 5.0-20.2 114 89.6 79.8-95.0
-Spanish Speaking 170 28 14.9 9.1-23.4 142 85.1 76.6-90.9
Non-Hispanic 6,424 524 8.1 7.1- 9.2 5,900 91.9 90.8-92.9
AGE
18-24 485 48 8.3 5.5-12.3 437 91.7 87.7-94.5
25-34 1,139 94 9.0 6.8-11.7 1,045 91.0 88.3-93.2
35-44 1,312 137 10.0 7.8-12.7 1,175 90.0 87.3-92.2
45-54 1,328 127 9.1 7.0-11.6 1,201 90.9 88.4-93.0
55-64 976 81 7.5 5.2-10.6 895 92.5 89.4-94.8
65-74 800 42 6.9 4.4-10.5 758 93.1 89.5-95.6
75+ 624 29 5.1 3.1- 8.4 595 94.9 91.6-96.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,081 146 14.7 11.6-18.5 935 85.3 81.5-88.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,981 198 9.5 7.7-11.5 1,783 90.5 88.5-92.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,570 129 7.4 5.7- 9.5 1,441 92.6 90.5-94.3
College Graduate 2,077 89 3.9 2.8- 5.3 1,988 96.1 94.7-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 679 135 22.2 17.4-27.8 544 77.8 72.2-82.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,097 152 12.5 9.8-15.7 945 87.5 84.3-90.2
$25,000- 34,999 813 69 8.2 6.0-11.2 744 91.8 88.8-94.0
$35,000- 49,999 896 45 4.1 2.6- 6.3 851 95.9 93.7-97.4
$50,000-74,999 747 25 3.4 1.8- 6.5 722 96.6 93.5-98.2
$75,000+ 880 20 1.5 0.8- 2.7 860 98.5 97.3-99.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 36 7.8 5.4-11.2 377 92.2 88.8-94.6
Forsyth 465 38 8.0 5.5-11.5 427 92.0 88.5-94.5
Guilford 423 25 5.8 3.5- 9.5 398 94.2 90.5-96.5
Henderson/Transylvania 474 40 9.0 6.3-12.8 434 91.0 87.2-93.7
Mecklenburg 446 37 8.1 5.5-11.9 409 91.9 88.1-94.5
Orange 440 21 4.1 2.5- 6.7 419 95.9 93.3-97.5
Pitt 418 33 7.6 5.0-11.3 385 92.4 88.7-95.0
Randolph 433 40 8.0 5.6-11.2 393 92.0 88.8-94.4
Robeson 443 48 9.6 6.9-13.2 395 90.4 86.8-93.1
Wake 432 25 7.7 4.9-11.9 407 92.3 88.1-95.1
Western NC 658 64 8.2 6.2-10.8 594 91.8 89.2-93.8
Piedmont NC 887 76 8.9 6.8-11.6 811 91.1 88.4-93.2
Eastern NC 798 80 9.2 7.1-11.8 718 90.8 88.2-92.9

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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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