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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access--WHITE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,107 3,474 67.5 65.5-69.5 930 16.5 15.1-18.0 703 15.9 14.3-17.7
GENDER
Male 1,965 1,273 65.0 61.7-68.2 308 14.2 12.1-16.5 384 20.8 18.1-23.9
Female 3,142 2,201 69.9 67.5-72.3 622 18.7 16.8-20.7 319 11.4 9.7-13.3
AGE
18-24 327 180 60.7 52.2-68.7 41 10.1 6.6-15.0 106 29.2 22.1-37.5
25-34 804 502 62.5 57.4-67.4 108 11.8 9.2-15.1 194 25.7 21.2-30.7
35-44 941 632 64.6 60.0-69.0 140 15.9 12.7-19.8 169 19.4 15.9-23.5
45-54 1,015 753 73.1 68.5-77.1 164 16.0 12.7-19.9 98 11.0 8.2-14.4
55-64 776 546 75.8 71.6-79.6 152 16.9 13.7-20.7 78 7.3 5.3- 9.8
65-74 674 471 69.0 63.7-73.8 167 25.0 20.6-29.9 36 6.0 3.8- 9.5
75+ 532 369 68.6 62.1-74.4 150 27.8 22.3-34.0 13 3.6 1.6- 7.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 674 434 67.8 62.2-72.8 149 16.9 13.6-20.9 91 15.3 11.4-20.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,490 1,026 67.0 63.2-70.5 241 15.2 12.7-18.0 223 17.8 14.9-21.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,191 815 66.9 62.5-71.0 227 17.9 14.9-21.3 149 15.2 12.1-19.1
College Graduate 1,740 1,192 69.0 65.5-72.3 312 16.8 14.3-19.6 236 14.2 11.7-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 443 261 54.6 46.7-62.3 97 21.3 16.2-27.5 85 24.1 17.4-32.3
$15,000- 24,999 700 444 62.2 56.5-67.7 123 15.5 12.2-19.6 133 22.3 17.5-27.8
$25,000- 34,999 592 393 65.4 59.3-71.0 104 18.4 14.1-23.7 95 16.2 12.2-21.2
$35,000- 49,999 722 518 68.7 63.0-73.9 108 14.8 11.2-19.2 96 16.5 12.3-21.8
$50,000-74,999 651 493 75.8 70.5-80.4 94 14.6 11.1-19.0 64 9.6 6.6-13.7
$75,000+ 769 565 72.9 68.2-77.2 137 16.0 12.8-19.8 67 11.1 8.1-15.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 366 241 64.9 59.0-70.4 67 16.9 13.1-21.7 58 18.2 13.9-23.4
Forsyth 345 250 68.7 62.1-74.6 55 14.6 11.0-19.3 40 16.7 11.6-23.3
Guilford 282 189 67.4 60.6-73.6 65 20.6 15.8-26.3 28 12.0 7.6-18.4
Henderson/Transylvania 434 294 64.0 58.1-69.5 79 17.5 13.7-22.1 61 18.5 13.9-24.3
Mecklenburg 269 186 67.3 58.9-74.7 58 17.2 12.8-22.7 25 15.5 9.3-24.6
Orange 358 233 64.6 57.2-71.3 58 14.4 10.5-19.4 67 21.0 16.0-27.1
Pitt 289 189 59.7 51.5-67.3 47 14.9 10.7-20.4 53 25.4 18.2-34.3
Randolph 390 268 66.0 58.9-72.5 71 18.8 14.0-24.9 51 15.2 10.9-20.8
Robeson 176 112 61.9 52.5-70.4 37 17.7 12.3-24.6 27 20.5 13.3-30.1
Wake 310 215 69.6 63.4-75.1 47 14.4 10.5-19.3 48 16.0 11.8-21.3
Western NC 613 416 67.7 63.1-71.9 112 17.1 14.0-20.6 85 15.3 12.0-19.3
Piedmont NC 724 520 70.8 66.4-74.8 131 16.1 13.2-19.6 73 13.1 10.1-16.8
Eastern NC 551 361 64.3 59.4-69.0 103 16.8 13.6-20.6 87 18.9 15.1-23.4

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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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