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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access--WHITE 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 5,078 4,243 81.0 79.2-82.6 181 3.9 3.1- 4.8 184 4.9 3.9- 6.0 218 5.0 4.1- 6.0 252 5.4 4.5- 6.4
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 323 212 72.7 64.8-79.3 26 6.1 3.1-11.6 22 8.4 4.6-14.7 27 6.4 3.6-11.1 36 6.5 4.1-10.1
25-34 799 605 71.3 66.2-75.9 37 4.9 3.1- 7.8 32 6.8 4.2-10.8 64 9.1 6.4-12.7 61 8.0 5.7-11.1
35-44 934 759 79.3 75.0-82.9 36 4.8 3.0- 7.4 34 3.6 2.2- 5.9 50 4.8 3.2- 7.1 55 7.5 5.2-10.8
45-54 1,013 859 84.2 80.6-87.3 23 1.5 0.8- 2.6 39 3.8 2.5- 5.8 48 6.4 4.3- 9.4 44 4.0 2.6- 6.2
55-64 771 686 88.7 85.1-91.4 28 3.0 1.8- 4.9 20 3.6 2.0- 6.4 14 1.4 0.7- 3.0 23 3.3 2.0- 5.6
65-74 671 607 87.5 83.2-90.9 21 5.1 3.1- 8.3 18 3.5 1.9- 6.3 10 1.7 0.6- 4.5 15 2.2 1.1- 4.4
75+ 530 487 91.7 87.3-94.7 8 1.0 0.4- 2.5 18 4.6 2.3- 8.8 3 0.9 0.2- 4.4 14 1.7 0.9- 3.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 669 540 78.8 73.3-83.4 44 5.9 3.4-10.0 49 8.9 6.0-13.0 19 3.6 1.8- 6.8 17 2.8 1.4- 5.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,480 1,212 78.6 75.2-81.8 60 4.9 3.5- 6.9 65 5.7 3.9- 8.2 73 5.7 4.1- 8.0 70 5.0 3.7- 6.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,187 1,013 83.1 79.6-86.1 30 2.8 1.7- 4.5 28 3.7 2.2- 6.1 51 4.6 3.2- 6.6 65 5.8 4.1- 8.1
College Graduate 1,730 1,469 83.2 80.2-85.8 46 2.5 1.6- 3.8 40 2.6 1.6- 4.3 75 5.0 3.6- 7.0 100 6.7 5.0- 8.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 435 325 74.6 67.4-80.7 41 6.5 4.3- 9.6 26 9.9 5.6-17.0 12 3.0 1.4- 6.2 31 6.0 3.5-10.0
$15,000- 24,999 696 550 74.5 68.6-79.7 34 6.6 3.8-11.1 46 8.9 5.7-13.8 29 4.4 2.5- 7.6 37 5.6 3.5- 8.8
$25,000- 34,999 588 480 79.0 73.4-83.7 24 5.5 3.3- 9.1 26 4.4 2.7- 7.0 35 7.1 4.2-11.8 23 4.0 2.1- 7.2
$35,000- 49,999 721 602 81.5 76.8-85.4 22 3.4 2.0- 5.9 20 3.0 1.6- 5.4 35 5.4 3.3- 8.6 42 6.8 4.5-10.2
$50,000-74,999 648 574 87.3 82.8-90.7 4 1.2 0.3- 4.4 7 1.8 0.7- 4.4 31 5.2 3.1- 8.6 32 4.5 2.8- 7.3
$75,000+ 770 691 86.6 82.3-89.9 9 1.2 0.5- 2.5 10 2.1 0.8- 5.3 27 4.2 2.6- 6.8 33 6.0 3.8- 9.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 365 300 79.3 73.7-84.0 12 3.0 1.6- 5.6 16 5.2 3.0- 8.9 22 7.0 4.4-10.9 15 5.5 3.0- 9.9
Forsyth 343 304 85.6 80.1-89.8 4 1.3 0.4- 4.5 13 5.1 2.7- 9.5 14 5.4 3.1- 9.5 8 2.6 1.2- 5.4
Guilford 281 244 83.4 76.6-88.4 6 2.4 1.0- 5.8 6 3.0 1.1- 8.3 15 7.2 3.9-13.0 10 4.0 2.0- 7.9
Henderson/Transylvania 428 379 86.3 81.1-90.3 8 2.2 0.9- 4.9 13 4.4 2.0- 9.2 11 2.8 1.4- 5.8 17 4.3 2.5- 7.4
Mecklenburg 265 242 88.2 81.8-92.6 5 2.4 0.8- 6.8 4 1.6 0.6- 4.3 7 4.9 2.1-10.9 7 2.9 1.4- 6.2
Orange 352 284 79.6 73.5-84.6 21 6.6 3.9-10.9 13 3.7 2.0- 6.8 8 2.3 1.0- 5.1 26 7.8 5.0-12.0
Pitt 289 227 77.1 70.6-82.5 11 4.4 2.2- 8.7 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8 20 6.6 4.1-10.4 25 9.8 6.3-15.0
Randolph 390 329 82.7 77.0-87.3 11 2.9 1.5- 5.6 13 4.7 2.3- 9.3 19 5.2 3.2- 8.4 18 4.4 2.5- 7.6
Robeson 175 140 72.8 62.9-80.9 7 4.5 1.9-10.0 9 11.4 5.5-22.0 13 7.7 4.1-14.1 6 3.6 1.4- 8.7
Wake 311 266 85.6 80.6-89.6 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1 2 0.7 0.1- 3.6 14 4.0 2.2- 7.2 23 7.9 5.1-12.2
Western NC 612 503 82.4 78.5-85.6 36 5.0 3.5- 7.1 28 4.7 3.1- 7.1 13 1.9 1.1- 3.4 32 6.0 3.9- 9.0
Piedmont NC 721 623 85.1 81.4-88.2 20 2.5 1.3- 4.8 31 4.9 3.2- 7.3 15 2.7 1.5- 4.9 32 4.8 3.2- 7.1
Eastern NC 546 402 70.9 66.0-75.3 34 6.8 4.7- 9.6 30 7.5 4.9-11.2 47 9.1 6.6-12.4 33 5.8 4.0- 8.5

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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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