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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--FEMALE 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 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 2,571 30 1.3 0.8- 2.1 2,221 89.1 87.3-90.7 305 8.8 7.4-10.4 10 0.5 0.2- 1.6 5 0.3 0.1- 0.8
African American 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 . - .
Asian 35 1 2.6 0.4-16.5 32 91.3 73.5-97.6 2 6.1 1.2-25.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 95 4 2.8 0.9- 8.3 85 83.7 61.7-94.3 4 11.8 2.8-38.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.9
Other Minorities 98 9 7.9 3.5-16.8 76 85.7 76.2-91.8 11 6.0 2.9-12.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.5 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 106 6 6.4 2.3-16.5 84 83.1 69.4-91.4 14 5.5 2.6-11.1 2 5.0 0.8-25.0 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 56 2 1.2 0.2- 5.4 47 81.8 54.2-94.4 6 5.8 1.7-17.8 1 11.3 1.7-48.3 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 50 4 10.1 3.4-26.6 37 84.0 68.5-92.6 8 5.3 2.1-12.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 3,290 85 2.5 1.9- 3.4 2,848 89.2 87.7-90.6 331 7.6 6.5- 8.9 20 0.5 0.3- 0.8 6 0.2 0.1- 0.6
AGE
18-24 256 6 1.4 0.5- 4.0 228 93.1 88.5-95.9 20 4.9 2.6- 9.3 2 0.6 0.1- 2.2 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 624 18 3.0 1.7- 5.4 551 88.9 84.9-92.0 52 7.9 5.3-11.5 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
35-44 655 19 2.7 1.4- 5.0 551 87.5 83.6-90.6 79 8.0 5.9-10.8 5 1.5 0.4- 5.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5
45-54 681 25 4.5 2.6- 7.9 584 87.5 83.5-90.6 65 6.9 4.8- 9.7 5 0.7 0.2- 2.1 2 0.4 0.1- 2.3
55-64 493 15 2.7 1.4- 5.2 412 87.4 82.7-91.0 61 9.3 6.2-13.8 4 0.5 0.1- 1.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
65-74 373 4 1.2 0.3- 4.3 335 92.0 87.7-95.0 31 6.4 3.8-10.5 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 290 2 1.0 0.2- 6.0 251 87.6 81.4-92.0 35 10.6 6.6-16.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 473 19 4.2 2.1- 8.0 418 88.3 83.1-92.1 32 5.8 3.7- 9.0 4 1.6 0.3- 7.7 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,005 32 3.0 1.9- 4.8 902 90.6 87.7-92.8 63 5.7 3.9- 8.2 7 0.5 0.2- 1.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
Some Post-H.S. 884 25 2.2 1.4- 3.7 786 91.5 89.0-93.5 65 5.5 4.0- 7.6 4 0.5 0.2- 1.6 4 0.2 0.1- 0.7
College Graduate 1,034 15 1.7 0.8- 3.4 825 84.1 80.8-87.0 186 13.5 10.9-16.6 7 0.5 0.2- 1.1 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 369 25 5.8 3.5- 9.7 316 87.1 81.8-91.0 26 6.4 3.7-10.9 2 0.6 0.1- 3.4 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 578 22 3.0 1.7- 5.2 498 89.1 84.7-92.3 49 5.8 3.8- 8.8 7 1.9 0.5- 6.8 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1
$25,000- 34,999 429 9 1.6 0.7- 3.5 380 91.8 87.6-94.6 37 6.2 3.7-10.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
$35,000- 49,999 443 8 1.9 0.7- 4.6 396 91.2 86.9-94.2 37 6.7 4.2-10.7 2 0.2 0.0- 0.9 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 405 5 2.0 0.7- 5.7 346 86.5 80.9-90.7 49 9.9 6.4-15.1 3 0.9 0.2- 3.6 2 0.6 0.1- 3.3
$75,000+ 394 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2 329 88.3 84.2-91.4 62 11.1 8.1-15.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 210 3 1.1 0.4- 3.6 175 84.1 77.9-88.8 32 14.7 10.2-20.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 247 6 2.4 0.9- 6.1 208 83.7 77.6-88.3 30 12.3 8.3-17.7 2 1.3 0.3- 5.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3
Guilford 217 7 2.9 1.2- 6.4 182 85.8 80.2-90.1 24 9.8 6.4-14.8 4 1.5 0.5- 4.1 0 0.0 . - .
Henderson/Transylvania 221 7 4.1 1.9- 8.9 187 85.5 79.1-90.1 26 10.0 6.4-15.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 239 13 5.4 3.0- 9.7 196 82.3 76.3-87.0 28 11.6 7.9-16.8 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 221 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9 172 82.3 74.8-87.9 47 16.8 11.4-24.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Pitt 210 4 1.6 0.6- 4.5 184 87.1 79.8-92.0 20 8.2 5.0-13.0 2 3.1 0.7-12.7 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 203 5 2.3 0.7- 7.0 180 88.5 81.9-92.9 17 9.1 5.2-15.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 213 7 2.6 1.1- 5.9 193 91.9 87.2-95.0 9 2.7 1.4- 5.4 3 2.1 0.7- 6.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6
Wake 201 8 2.9 1.3- 6.1 177 91.3 86.9-94.3 16 5.8 3.5- 9.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Western NC 305 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5 276 91.3 87.3-94.2 23 7.1 4.5-10.9 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
Piedmont NC 472 13 2.2 1.2- 4.1 411 89.8 86.2-92.5 44 6.8 4.7- 9.8 4 1.1 0.3- 4.0 0 0.0 . - .
Eastern NC 443 14 3.2 1.7- 5.7 395 90.6 87.0-93.2 30 5.7 3.7- 8.7 2 0.1 0.0- 0.7 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9

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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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