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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--MALE 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 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
RACE
White 1,648 26 1.3 0.8- 2.2 1,451 90.6 88.5-92.4 155 7.1 5.5- 9.0 13 0.7 0.3- 1.6 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8
African American 319 21 9.4 5.4-15.9 278 86.3 80.0-90.9 16 3.2 1.8- 5.7 4 1.0 0.3- 3.3 0 0.0 . - .
Asian 28 0 0.0 . - . 25 89.3 66.7-97.2 2 8.0 1.6-31.8 1 2.7 0.3-17.6 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 62 1 1.2 0.2- 8.5 58 96.4 89.8-98.8 2 1.7 0.4- 7.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 119 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 107 87.6 70.0-95.5 9 11.1 3.6-29.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 126 3 0.9 0.2- 3.1 113 87.1 70.6-95.0 10 12.0 4.4-29.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 49 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 45 88.2 63.1-97.0 3 11.2 2.6-37.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 77 2 0.9 0.2- 4.3 68 86.7 64.5-95.9 7 12.3 3.5-35.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 2,055 47 2.8 1.9- 4.1 1,809 90.0 88.0-91.7 176 6.2 5.0- 7.8 20 0.8 0.4- 1.5 3 0.2 0.1- 0.6
AGE
18-24 155 3 0.7 0.1- 2.9 144 94.5 83.2-98.3 7 4.8 1.2-17.0 1 0.0 0.0- 0.4 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 390 9 3.6 1.5- 8.2 347 88.8 83.3-92.6 30 6.4 3.8-10.8 4 1.2 0.4- 3.9 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 486 14 3.6 1.8- 6.7 434 89.2 84.7-92.6 35 6.9 4.3-10.9 3 0.3 0.1- 1.2 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 456 11 2.7 1.0- 6.8 401 90.3 85.1-93.8 38 5.9 3.3-10.4 6 1.1 0.3- 3.5 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 319 7 2.1 0.9- 4.8 278 88.5 83.5-92.1 29 7.6 4.7-11.9 4 1.6 0.5- 5.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
65-74 222 5 2.3 0.9- 5.7 188 85.2 77.4-90.7 27 11.0 6.3-18.4 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6
75+ 139 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9 119 90.6 83.1-94.9 18 7.8 4.0-14.4 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 339 15 4.7 2.3- 9.3 297 87.0 79.3-92.2 23 7.1 3.2-15.1 4 1.1 0.3- 4.1 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 655 19 3.1 1.7- 5.8 594 91.6 87.9-94.2 33 4.2 2.4- 7.3 7 0.7 0.2- 2.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8
Some Post-H.S. 456 8 1.1 0.5- 2.5 412 93.2 90.0-95.4 29 4.4 2.7- 7.1 7 1.3 0.5- 3.4 0 0.0 . - .
College Graduate 730 8 1.8 0.8- 4.1 618 86.6 82.6-89.8 101 11.3 8.4-15.1 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 151 10 4.0 1.8- 8.4 128 91.1 84.1-95.2 7 1.9 0.8- 4.2 6 3.0 0.8-11.1 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 333 9 5.0 2.1-11.0 299 90.4 84.7-94.2 21 4.3 2.4- 7.5 4 0.3 0.1- 0.8 0 0.0 . - .
$25,000- 34,999 280 8 2.3 1.0- 4.9 248 93.0 89.0-95.6 21 3.8 2.0- 6.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.8 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 343 5 0.8 0.2- 3.2 312 94.2 90.7-96.4 26 5.0 3.0- 8.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 256 4 2.1 0.7- 5.9 217 85.3 77.5-90.8 34 12.4 7.4-20.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
$75,000+ 383 5 1.9 0.7- 5.4 331 89.0 83.8-92.7 44 8.7 5.4-13.6 3 0.4 0.1- 1.5 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 132 3 1.4 0.4- 4.2 115 89.9 83.6-93.9 13 8.2 4.5-14.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 142 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 133 94.3 89.1-97.1 8 5.4 2.6-10.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Guilford 129 4 5.2 1.8-13.7 104 79.2 69.9-86.2 18 13.6 8.3-21.4 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2
Henderson/Transylvania 160 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 141 89.6 83.7-93.6 17 9.3 5.6-15.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 144 5 2.3 0.9- 5.5 124 87.6 80.3-92.5 13 8.6 4.6-15.7 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 149 0 0.0 . - . 115 75.8 67.2-82.8 33 23.6 16.7-32.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 0 0.0 . - .
Pitt 140 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 127 90.6 83.5-94.8 11 8.1 4.2-15.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 148 4 1.8 0.6- 5.0 132 92.5 87.5-95.6 10 4.8 2.4- 9.3 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 149 6 4.0 1.6- 9.4 133 90.0 83.5-94.2 8 4.7 2.2- 9.8 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0 0 0.0 . - .
Wake 158 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9 141 92.7 87.8-95.7 12 5.5 2.9-10.3 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 0 0.0 . - .
Western NC 226 10 4.4 2.3- 8.3 203 91.1 86.5-94.3 9 3.2 1.6- 6.3 3 1.1 0.3- 4.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
Piedmont NC 263 4 1.9 0.7- 5.6 236 90.6 85.6-94.0 19 5.8 3.2-10.2 3 1.3 0.4- 3.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
Eastern NC 245 8 3.5 1.6- 7.4 222 89.7 83.4-93.7 15 6.9 3.5-12.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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