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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access--WHITE Respondents Only

Was there a time in the past 12 months when you needed medical care, but could not get it?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,105 349 6.7 5.7- 7.8 4,756 93.3 92.2-94.3
GENDER
Male 1,965 78 3.4 2.4- 4.7 1,887 96.6 95.3-97.6
Female 3,140 271 9.8 8.2-11.6 2,869 90.2 88.4-91.8
AGE
18-24 328 34 9.2 5.7-14.4 294 90.8 85.6-94.3
25-34 804 50 8.2 5.6-11.7 754 91.8 88.3-94.4
35-44 939 77 7.3 5.3-10.1 862 92.7 89.9-94.7
45-54 1,016 85 7.3 5.3- 9.9 931 92.7 90.1-94.7
55-64 778 58 5.6 3.5- 9.0 720 94.4 91.0-96.5
65-74 673 28 3.7 2.1- 6.3 645 96.3 93.7-97.9
75+ 529 15 2.4 1.2- 4.6 514 97.6 95.4-98.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 671 79 12.8 9.3-17.5 592 87.2 82.5-90.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,490 122 7.8 6.0-10.1 1,368 92.2 89.9-94.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,192 78 6.0 4.2- 8.4 1,114 94.0 91.6-95.8
College Graduate 1,740 70 2.9 2.0- 4.2 1,670 97.1 95.8-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 442 73 16.4 11.5-22.8 369 83.6 77.2-88.5
$15,000- 24,999 700 87 11.7 8.6-15.8 613 88.3 84.2-91.4
$25,000- 34,999 589 42 6.6 4.4- 9.8 547 93.4 90.2-95.6
$35,000- 49,999 723 36 3.7 2.3- 5.8 687 96.3 94.2-97.7
$50,000-74,999 651 21 3.1 1.5- 6.5 630 96.9 93.5-98.5
$75,000+ 770 16 1.1 0.6- 2.1 754 98.9 97.9-99.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 366 29 6.8 4.5-10.2 337 93.2 89.8-95.5
Forsyth 345 23 6.6 4.0-10.7 322 93.4 89.3-96.0
Guilford 282 14 4.4 2.5- 7.7 268 95.6 92.3-97.5
Henderson/Transylvania 433 34 8.2 5.6-12.0 399 91.8 88.0-94.4
Mecklenburg 268 12 5.0 2.4-10.3 256 95.0 89.7-97.6
Orange 358 15 2.9 1.7- 5.0 343 97.1 95.0-98.3
Pitt 290 19 6.6 4.0-10.6 271 93.4 89.4-96.0
Randolph 391 29 5.6 3.7- 8.4 362 94.4 91.6-96.3
Robeson 176 12 6.1 3.1-11.6 164 93.9 88.4-96.9
Wake 312 9 2.9 1.3- 6.5 303 97.1 93.5-98.7
Western NC 612 55 7.5 5.6-10.0 557 92.5 90.0-94.4
Piedmont NC 724 49 7.5 5.3-10.4 675 92.5 89.6-94.7
Eastern NC 548 49 7.5 5.4-10.4 499 92.5 89.6-94.6

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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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