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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race

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 5,587 142 2.6 2.1- 3.3 4,862 89.4 88.1-90.5 532 7.1 6.2- 8.2 42 0.7 0.4- 1.1 9 0.2 0.1- 0.4
GENDER
Male 2,185 50 2.6 1.8- 3.8 1,926 89.8 87.7-91.5 186 6.7 5.3- 8.5 20 0.8 0.4- 1.4 3 0.2 0.0- 0.6
Female 3,402 92 2.7 2.0- 3.6 2,936 89.0 87.4-90.3 346 7.5 6.4- 8.8 22 0.7 0.3- 1.3 6 0.2 0.1- 0.6
RACE
White 4,219 56 1.3 0.9- 1.8 3,672 89.8 88.5-91.0 460 8.0 6.9- 9.2 23 0.6 0.3- 1.2 8 0.2 0.1- 0.6
African American 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 . - .
Asian 63 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 57 90.5 78.3-96.2 4 6.9 2.2-19.2 1 1.0 0.1- 7.2 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 157 5 1.9 0.7- 5.2 143 91.1 80.0-96.3 6 5.9 1.7-19.0 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5
Other Minorities 217 11 3.7 1.8- 7.3 183 86.9 76.6-93.1 20 9.2 3.8-20.6 3 0.2 0.1- 0.9 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 232 9 2.8 1.2- 6.6 197 85.7 75.1-92.2 24 9.7 4.3-20.6 2 1.8 0.3-10.2 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 105 3 0.9 0.3- 3.1 92 85.1 68.1-93.9 9 8.6 3.0-22.6 1 5.3 0.8-28.9 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 127 6 3.7 1.4- 9.4 105 85.9 71.4-93.7 15 10.2 3.5-26.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 5,345 132 2.6 2.1- 3.4 4,657 89.6 88.4-90.7 507 7.0 6.1- 7.9 40 0.6 0.4- 1.0 9 0.2 0.1- 0.4
AGE
18-24 411 9 1.0 0.4- 2.4 372 93.8 88.8-96.6 27 4.9 2.3-10.1 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 1,014 27 3.3 1.9- 5.6 898 88.8 85.6-91.4 82 7.1 5.2- 9.8 6 0.7 0.2- 1.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
35-44 1,141 33 3.1 2.0- 4.9 985 88.3 85.5-90.7 114 7.5 5.7- 9.7 8 0.9 0.3- 2.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
45-54 1,137 36 3.6 2.2- 5.9 985 88.9 85.8-91.3 103 6.4 4.6- 8.8 11 0.9 0.4- 2.0 2 0.2 0.0- 1.2
55-64 812 22 2.5 1.5- 4.1 690 87.9 84.6-90.6 90 8.5 6.2-11.4 8 1.0 0.4- 2.6 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5
65-74 595 9 1.6 0.7- 3.5 523 89.5 85.6-92.4 58 8.1 5.6-11.7 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
75+ 429 3 1.1 0.3- 4.3 370 88.9 84.3-92.2 53 9.4 6.4-13.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 812 34 4.4 2.7- 7.2 715 87.7 83.1-91.1 55 6.5 4.0-10.5 8 1.4 0.5- 3.9 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,660 51 3.1 2.1- 4.5 1,496 91.0 88.8-92.8 96 5.0 3.7- 6.8 14 0.6 0.3- 1.2 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,340 33 1.8 1.1- 2.7 1,198 92.2 90.3-93.8 94 5.1 3.8- 6.6 11 0.8 0.4- 1.8 4 0.1 0.0- 0.4
College Graduate 1,764 23 1.7 1.0- 3.0 1,443 85.4 82.9-87.6 287 12.4 10.3-14.7 9 0.3 0.2- 0.7 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 520 35 5.2 3.4- 7.9 444 88.5 84.5-91.6 33 4.8 3.0- 7.8 8 1.5 0.5- 4.2 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 911 31 4.0 2.3- 6.8 797 89.7 86.3-92.3 70 5.1 3.6- 7.1 11 1.1 0.3- 3.5 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6
$25,000- 34,999 709 17 1.9 1.1- 3.3 628 92.3 89.6-94.4 58 5.1 3.4- 7.6 5 0.7 0.2- 1.8 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2
$35,000- 49,999 786 13 1.3 0.6- 2.8 708 92.8 90.2-94.7 63 5.8 4.1- 8.2 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 661 9 2.1 1.0- 4.3 563 85.9 81.4-89.5 83 11.1 7.9-15.5 3 0.4 0.1- 1.8 3 0.4 0.1- 1.6
$75,000+ 777 8 1.3 0.5- 3.3 660 88.7 85.4-91.3 106 9.7 7.3-12.8 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 342 6 1.2 0.5- 2.8 290 87.0 82.8-90.3 45 11.4 8.3-15.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 389 7 1.5 0.6- 3.4 341 88.6 84.7-91.6 38 9.1 6.4-12.6 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
Guilford 346 11 4.0 1.9- 8.2 286 82.5 77.2-86.8 42 11.7 8.4-16.1 6 1.1 0.5- 2.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3
Henderson/Transylvania 381 8 2.4 1.1- 4.9 328 87.6 83.4-90.8 43 9.7 6.9-13.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 383 18 3.8 2.3- 6.2 320 85.1 80.4-88.8 41 10.1 7.0-14.3 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 370 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 287 79.4 73.7-84.1 80 19.9 15.2-25.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 0 0.0 . - .
Pitt 350 5 1.2 0.5- 3.0 311 88.9 84.1-92.3 31 8.1 5.4-12.1 3 1.8 0.5- 6.4 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 351 9 2.0 0.9- 4.4 312 90.6 86.7-93.4 27 6.8 4.4-10.4 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 362 13 3.3 1.8- 6.3 326 90.9 87.0-93.7 17 3.8 2.2- 6.6 5 1.6 0.7- 3.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
Wake 359 11 2.0 1.0- 3.8 318 92.0 88.9-94.3 28 5.7 3.8- 8.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 0 0.0 . - .
Western NC 531 13 2.7 1.5- 4.8 479 91.2 88.3-93.5 32 5.0 3.4- 7.3 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1
Piedmont NC 735 17 2.1 1.2- 3.7 647 90.2 87.3-92.4 63 6.4 4.6- 8.7 7 1.2 0.5- 2.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
Eastern NC 688 22 3.3 2.0- 5.3 617 90.2 86.9-92.7 45 6.2 4.2- 9.1 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1

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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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