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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access--MALE Respondents Only

Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, or government plans such as Medicare?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,604 2,174 81.3 78.7-83.7 430 18.7 16.3-21.3
RACE
White 1,965 1,713 86.2 83.5-88.4 252 13.8 11.6-16.5
African American 370 289 75.6 68.2-81.7 81 24.4 18.3-31.8
Asian 36 31 91.4 76.0-97.3 5 8.6 2.7-24.0
Native American 70 53 85.1 72.8-92.4 17 14.9 7.6-27.2
Other Minorities 146 75 46.4 34.2-58.9 71 53.6 41.1-65.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 155 75 47.0 34.7-59.8 80 53.0 40.2-65.3
-English Speaking 56 36 68.3 50.2-82.2 20 31.7 17.8-49.8
-Spanish Speaking 99 39 40.6 26.3-56.8 60 59.4 43.2-73.7
Non-Hispanic 2,444 2,095 84.5 82.1-86.7 349 15.5 13.3-17.9
AGE
18-24 186 120 63.1 52.0-72.9 66 36.9 27.1-48.0
25-34 447 341 77.1 70.8-82.3 106 22.9 17.7-29.2
35-44 559 453 83.5 79.1-87.1 106 16.5 12.9-20.9
45-54 531 445 83.1 77.7-87.3 86 16.9 12.7-22.3
55-64 373 326 86.8 80.6-91.3 47 13.2 8.7-19.4
65-74 297 288 98.6 96.9-99.3 9 1.4 0.7- 3.1
75+ 188 181 93.9 85.1-97.7 7 6.1 2.3-14.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 446 307 63.8 56.2-70.7 139 36.2 29.3-43.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 770 608 77.6 72.6-81.8 162 22.4 18.2-27.4
Some Post-H.S. 531 456 85.6 79.9-89.9 75 14.4 10.1-20.1
College Graduate 850 799 95.1 92.6-96.8 51 4.9 3.2- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 210 133 56.2 44.6-67.3 77 43.8 32.7-55.4
$15,000- 24,999 406 268 62.8 54.8-70.2 138 37.2 29.8-45.2
$25,000- 34,999 322 271 84.6 78.0-89.5 51 15.4 10.5-22.0
$35,000- 49,999 398 363 87.6 80.3-92.4 35 12.4 7.6-19.7
$50,000-74,999 294 278 96.6 93.3-98.3 16 3.4 1.7- 6.7
$75,000+ 433 422 98.7 96.4-99.5 11 1.3 0.5- 3.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 158 133 79.0 69.8-86.0 25 21.0 14.0-30.2
Forsyth 179 150 82.6 75.1-88.2 29 17.4 11.8-24.9
Guilford 152 129 79.4 69.3-86.8 23 20.6 13.2-30.7
Henderson/Transylvania 190 158 76.6 67.9-83.5 32 23.4 16.5-32.1
Mecklenburg 160 136 80.9 70.1-88.4 24 19.1 11.6-29.9
Orange 184 159 86.1 79.2-90.9 25 13.9 9.1-20.8
Pitt 158 130 80.4 71.4-87.0 28 19.6 13.0-28.6
Randolph 174 156 86.6 79.3-91.6 18 13.4 8.4-20.7
Robeson 176 124 66.9 57.4-75.2 52 33.1 24.8-42.6
Wake 184 164 85.2 76.9-90.9 20 14.8 9.1-23.1
Western NC 282 225 76.3 69.3-82.1 57 23.7 17.9-30.7
Piedmont NC 323 269 81.7 75.6-86.5 54 18.3 13.5-24.4
Eastern NC 284 241 83.2 76.5-88.2 43 16.8 11.8-23.5

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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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