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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access--MALE 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 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
RACE
White 1,952 1,526 77.0 74.0-79.7 68 3.6 2.6- 4.9 109 6.1 4.6- 8.1 115 6.6 5.1- 8.6 134 6.7 5.3- 8.5
African American 365 241 61.6 53.8-68.8 25 6.2 3.1-11.7 51 15.0 10.3-21.4 24 10.6 6.4-17.0 24 6.6 3.6-12.0
Asian 36 25 64.6 36.3-85.4 2 5.5 1.1-22.8 3 9.4 2.3-31.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 20.5 4.5-58.2
Native American 72 54 75.8 55.1-88.9 3 2.0 0.5- 7.9 8 13.9 4.1-38.0 3 2.0 0.5- 7.0 4 6.3 1.6-22.5
Other Minorities 131 55 43.2 30.5-56.8 43 39.7 27.0-53.9 10 4.6 2.1- 9.6 9 5.8 2.3-14.0 14 6.8 3.2-13.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 138 61 41.3 28.6-55.2 48 39.4 26.9-53.6 9 7.9 2.6-21.3 8 4.7 1.8-12.0 12 6.7 2.9-14.5
-English Speaking 55 33 59.5 40.3-76.1 6 11.1 3.7-28.9 3 5.3 1.5-17.3 4 5.1 1.5-16.1 9 19.0 7.4-40.9
-Spanish Speaking 83 28 34.8 20.0-53.1 42 49.6 32.8-66.4 6 8.8 2.4-27.7 4 4.6 1.3-15.2 3 2.3 0.7- 7.6
Non-Hispanic 2,429 1,847 74.5 71.8-77.0 94 3.9 2.9- 5.2 173 7.5 6.1- 9.3 143 7.2 5.7- 9.1 172 6.9 5.6- 8.5
AGE
18-24 184 96 62.2 51.3-71.9 21 13.1 7.0-23.1 21 8.5 4.5-15.6 23 8.2 4.6-14.3 23 8.0 4.3-14.4
25-34 440 272 59.0 52.2-65.5 34 7.7 4.7-12.6 41 10.9 7.1-16.3 43 12.9 8.7-18.7 50 9.5 6.4-13.9
35-44 547 396 72.6 67.0-77.7 31 6.2 3.8- 9.8 34 5.2 3.2- 8.2 39 6.0 3.8- 9.5 47 10.0 6.7-14.6
45-54 525 413 76.2 70.3-81.2 16 2.7 1.5- 5.0 39 9.1 5.8-14.0 32 8.0 5.0-12.5 25 4.0 2.5- 6.4
55-64 371 303 82.2 76.4-86.9 23 6.3 3.7-10.5 24 6.6 3.9-11.1 5 0.6 0.2- 2.0 16 4.3 2.3- 7.9
65-74 296 258 84.2 76.6-89.6 13 6.4 3.3-12.0 10 2.0 0.8- 5.1 5 4.0 1.4-11.4 10 3.4 1.4- 7.9
75+ 187 158 86.3 77.0-92.2 3 1.2 0.3- 4.9 14 8.3 3.7-17.6 2 1.8 0.3- 9.2 10 2.3 1.0- 5.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 428 273 60.2 52.5-67.4 53 15.3 9.9-22.7 66 13.5 9.6-18.6 20 6.8 3.9-11.6 16 4.3 2.0- 8.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 764 549 69.5 64.4-74.2 44 7.2 4.9-10.4 57 8.2 5.5-12.0 58 8.7 6.0-12.3 56 6.5 4.5- 9.3
Some Post-H.S. 528 397 75.9 69.9-81.0 23 4.4 2.3- 8.2 28 6.0 3.5-10.0 33 6.5 3.9-10.7 47 7.2 4.8-10.6
College Graduate 845 689 79.3 74.8-83.2 20 1.9 1.1- 3.4 31 4.2 2.4- 7.2 40 5.6 3.6- 8.6 65 8.9 6.3-12.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 202 124 66.0 54.7-75.8 25 11.6 6.1-21.2 27 14.0 7.8-24.0 7 2.5 0.8- 7.0 19 5.9 2.8-12.0
$15,000- 24,999 400 246 57.6 49.5-65.2 43 14.1 8.6-22.3 62 14.7 9.9-21.3 23 7.1 4.1-12.3 26 6.5 3.6-11.5
$25,000- 34,999 319 228 68.9 60.6-76.2 19 8.3 4.4-15.0 18 4.8 2.7- 8.4 29 11.2 6.6-18.4 25 6.8 3.9-11.6
$35,000- 49,999 396 297 71.3 64.0-77.6 10 2.6 1.2- 5.5 23 6.5 3.7-11.2 33 9.1 5.7-14.4 33 10.5 6.5-16.5
$50,000-74,999 291 248 83.4 75.6-89.1 2 1.7 0.3- 7.8 5 1.8 0.6- 5.3 16 8.3 4.1-15.9 20 4.8 2.7- 8.6
$75,000+ 431 378 83.5 77.5-88.1 6 1.3 0.5- 3.2 8 3.0 1.2- 7.8 14 4.1 2.2- 7.7 25 8.1 4.9-12.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 158 112 68.6 59.6-76.4 8 5.9 2.8-12.1 11 7.7 4.0-14.2 14 8.9 5.0-15.3 13 9.0 4.7-16.5
Forsyth 176 134 74.2 66.1-81.0 10 7.4 3.9-13.9 12 6.2 3.3-11.4 11 7.5 4.0-13.9 9 4.6 2.3- 9.0
Guilford 151 112 68.5 58.7-76.9 7 6.6 2.8-14.5 13 10.6 5.7-18.8 9 8.9 4.5-17.1 10 5.4 2.7-10.7
Henderson/Transylvania 187 157 80.2 71.9-86.4 5 4.8 1.9-11.6 12 6.9 3.6-12.9 4 2.1 0.6- 6.6 9 6.1 3.0-12.2
Mecklenburg 153 120 75.1 65.3-82.8 5 5.0 1.9-12.4 9 4.1 2.0- 8.5 10 8.3 4.1-16.1 9 7.5 3.5-15.5
Orange 182 128 69.3 61.2-76.3 13 9.1 5.0-16.0 12 6.1 3.3-11.1 8 4.4 2.0- 9.3 21 11.1 7.0-17.2
Pitt 156 106 67.2 58.6-74.8 12 8.5 4.7-15.0 8 6.4 2.9-13.5 13 6.5 3.6-11.4 17 11.4 6.9-18.3
Randolph 174 143 81.4 73.9-87.1 4 2.8 1.0- 7.4 6 3.9 1.6- 9.0 11 6.7 3.6-12.1 10 5.3 2.5-10.7
Robeson 175 113 55.2 45.3-64.7 16 11.6 6.6-19.6 24 18.5 12.0-27.3 12 6.1 3.2-11.3 10 8.7 3.3-20.9
Wake 182 141 73.1 64.1-80.5 6 4.7 1.9-11.2 8 5.8 2.6-12.5 10 7.9 3.6-16.5 17 8.5 5.1-14.0
Western NC 282 213 75.6 69.3-81.0 18 5.6 3.3- 9.5 24 8.2 5.3-12.6 9 3.2 1.6- 6.4 18 7.3 4.3-12.3
Piedmont NC 317 243 77.6 71.5-82.7 17 4.9 2.7- 8.6 23 6.4 3.9-10.5 14 5.4 3.0- 9.5 20 5.7 3.3- 9.5
Eastern NC 279 189 63.4 56.2-70.1 22 10.1 6.0-16.3 21 9.8 6.1-15.3 26 9.7 6.4-14.5 21 7.0 4.3-11.0

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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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