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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access--FEMALE Respondents Only

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 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 3,126 2,717 84.7 82.5-86.6 113 4.1 3.0- 5.6 75 3.7 2.7- 5.1 103 3.4 2.6- 4.4 118 4.1 3.2- 5.3
African American 687 524 76.3 71.3-80.6 59 9.2 6.4-13.3 54 7.5 5.3-10.6 27 3.9 2.3- 6.4 23 3.1 1.8- 5.4
Asian 42 28 55.6 35.1-74.4 3 6.4 1.6-22.0 5 8.6 2.2-27.7 1 3.2 0.5-19.9 5 26.2 10.9-50.7
Native American 113 84 75.5 61.1-85.8 14 9.3 4.7-17.8 10 12.5 4.8-28.8 4 1.9 0.6- 5.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3
Other Minorities 112 48 45.6 32.4-59.4 46 38.8 26.7-52.4 6 5.7 1.8-16.5 4 3.6 1.0-11.5 8 6.3 2.3-16.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 134 68 47.0 34.5-60.0 51 38.7 27.0-52.0 4 4.0 1.0-15.2 5 4.3 1.5-11.7 6 5.9 2.0-15.8
-English Speaking 71 56 78.7 62.5-89.1 10 16.1 7.1-32.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 1 2.7 0.4-16.6 3 2.2 0.6- 8.5
-Spanish Speaking 63 12 25.8 12.3-46.5 41 53.9 35.7-71.1 3 6.5 1.5-24.1 4 5.4 1.6-17.2 3 8.3 2.4-24.8
Non-Hispanic 3,968 3,355 82.7 80.7-84.5 184 5.0 4.0- 6.3 146 4.7 3.7- 5.9 134 3.4 2.7- 4.3 149 4.1 3.3- 5.2
AGE
18-24 294 190 68.5 60.1-75.9 45 12.1 7.6-18.9 21 10.3 5.9-17.4 15 3.3 1.6- 6.8 23 5.7 3.3- 9.8
25-34 688 531 72.5 67.1-77.3 50 9.1 6.0-13.5 29 6.0 3.8- 9.3 48 6.9 4.7-10.1 30 5.5 3.3- 8.8
35-44 753 610 80.7 76.0-84.6 45 7.0 4.5-10.7 27 3.0 1.6- 5.5 32 4.3 2.7- 6.8 39 5.0 3.2- 7.9
45-54 792 681 86.8 83.0-89.8 33 3.4 2.0- 5.5 28 3.2 2.0- 5.2 24 3.1 1.8- 5.4 26 3.5 1.9- 6.4
55-64 598 523 89.4 85.9-92.2 31 3.5 2.2- 5.4 16 2.5 1.3- 4.8 10 1.7 0.7- 4.0 18 2.8 1.6- 5.1
65-74 502 455 85.6 79.5-90.1 18 7.3 4.0-12.7 14 3.7 1.8- 7.2 6 0.6 0.2- 2.0 9 2.9 1.2- 7.0
75+ 439 402 89.7 84.5-93.3 12 3.2 1.3- 7.8 14 4.7 2.5- 8.4 2 0.2 0.0- 0.6 9 2.2 1.0- 5.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 636 490 72.8 66.3-78.4 84 15.5 11.1-21.3 35 7.0 4.2-11.6 10 0.7 0.3- 1.4 17 4.0 2.0- 7.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,199 995 81.5 78.1-84.5 66 5.4 3.7- 7.7 58 5.5 4.0- 7.7 41 3.4 2.2- 5.1 39 4.2 2.7- 6.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,038 877 80.9 76.8-84.4 49 6.0 4.0- 8.9 34 4.2 2.6- 6.9 37 4.6 3.0- 7.1 41 4.3 2.7- 6.6
College Graduate 1,222 1,055 86.2 83.1-88.8 38 3.2 2.0- 5.1 21 2.0 1.0- 3.9 51 4.3 3.0- 6.1 57 4.3 3.0- 6.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 464 327 65.2 57.8-71.9 69 16.5 11.6-22.9 30 8.4 4.7-14.6 12 3.2 1.6- 6.6 26 6.7 3.9-11.3
$15,000- 24,999 683 539 75.2 69.4-80.2 59 11.2 7.5-16.3 31 6.2 3.9- 9.7 26 3.3 1.8- 5.7 28 4.2 2.5- 7.2
$25,000- 34,999 492 412 82.8 77.6-87.1 15 3.5 1.7- 6.8 29 6.1 3.9- 9.5 21 4.1 2.3- 7.2 15 3.5 1.7- 7.2
$35,000- 49,999 500 443 86.9 82.0-90.6 17 4.4 2.4- 8.2 11 2.4 1.1- 5.1 10 1.9 0.9- 4.4 19 4.4 2.4- 7.9
$50,000-74,999 453 404 88.3 82.6-92.3 4 2.2 0.6- 8.4 5 1.6 0.4- 6.0 22 4.1 2.3- 7.2 18 3.7 1.9- 7.4
$75,000+ 447 408 92.0 87.7-94.9 4 1.0 0.3- 3.4 5 0.7 0.2- 3.0 15 3.2 1.5- 6.5 15 3.1 1.4- 6.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 254 219 85.4 79.6-89.8 15 6.3 3.6-10.7 5 1.6 0.6- 4.3 10 4.2 2.0- 8.4 5 2.5 0.9- 6.3
Forsyth 286 251 85.2 78.9-89.8 13 4.7 2.4- 8.8 10 5.0 2.3-10.7 5 1.9 0.8- 4.6 7 3.3 1.4- 7.4
Guilford 271 225 80.7 74.1-86.0 16 7.3 4.0-13.1 7 2.8 1.3- 5.9 13 5.0 2.7- 9.1 10 4.2 2.0- 8.4
Henderson/Transylvania 280 246 84.5 76.6-90.1 11 5.9 2.9-11.8 6 3.7 1.0-12.8 7 2.7 1.1- 6.7 10 3.1 1.5- 6.1
Mecklenburg 282 245 83.1 76.8-87.9 11 4.6 2.4- 9.0 12 6.5 3.5-11.9 6 2.0 0.9- 4.7 8 3.7 1.8- 7.4
Orange 253 205 78.0 69.7-84.6 18 7.8 4.4-13.5 11 5.0 2.4-10.4 3 1.5 0.4- 5.0 16 7.6 4.2-13.3
Pitt 260 210 81.8 75.8-86.6 11 3.4 1.8- 6.5 11 3.9 2.0- 7.4 15 6.3 3.7-10.7 13 4.5 2.5- 8.0
Randolph 258 213 79.5 70.7-86.2 16 7.5 4.3-12.8 10 6.2 2.6-14.2 9 3.3 1.6- 6.5 10 3.5 1.8- 6.9
Robeson 265 213 79.6 72.8-85.0 23 9.5 5.5-15.9 13 5.2 2.8- 9.5 12 4.4 2.4- 7.8 4 1.3 0.4- 3.7
Wake 246 202 81.2 74.6-86.4 9 4.9 2.2-10.5 8 4.3 1.9- 9.3 14 5.0 2.8- 8.8 13 4.6 2.4- 8.3
Western NC 376 318 85.2 80.8-88.7 28 7.1 4.7-10.5 8 2.2 1.0- 4.7 6 1.4 0.6- 3.2 16 4.1 2.4- 6.8
Piedmont NC 564 490 84.2 79.8-87.8 24 5.5 3.2- 9.3 22 4.3 2.7- 6.8 8 1.5 0.7- 3.2 20 4.5 2.7- 7.3
Eastern NC 514 391 74.8 70.1-79.0 42 8.9 6.4-12.4 27 6.0 3.8- 9.2 31 5.8 4.0- 8.6 23 4.4 2.8- 6.9

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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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