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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--WHITE 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 4,219 56 1.3 0.9- 1.8 3,672 89.8 88.5-91.0 460 8.0 6.9- 9.2 23 0.6 0.3- 1.2 8 0.2 0.1- 0.6
GENDER
Male 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
Female 2,571 30 1.3 0.8- 2.1 2,221 89.1 87.3-90.7 305 8.8 7.4-10.4 10 0.5 0.2- 1.6 5 0.3 0.1- 0.8
AGE
18-24 281 4 0.8 0.2- 2.9 252 94.4 90.4-96.7 23 4.6 2.5- 8.4 2 0.2 0.0- 1.3 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 720 8 1.2 0.4- 3.0 642 90.6 87.1-93.2 65 7.6 5.2-10.8 4 0.6 0.1- 2.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
35-44 820 12 1.9 0.9- 3.7 712 88.7 85.2-91.4 92 8.2 6.0-11.1 3 1.0 0.3- 4.0 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
45-54 863 11 1.0 0.4- 2.4 751 90.6 87.3-93.1 94 7.5 5.3-10.6 5 0.5 0.1- 2.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.6
55-64 644 12 1.8 0.9- 3.6 551 87.9 84.0-90.9 76 9.3 6.7-12.9 4 0.9 0.3- 3.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
65-74 500 7 1.2 0.5- 2.8 433 87.9 83.3-91.4 56 10.0 6.9-14.5 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3
75+ 362 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 307 88.4 83.4-92.1 51 10.2 6.8-14.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 500 12 2.1 0.9- 4.5 450 90.4 85.9-93.5 33 5.6 3.6- 8.7 5 1.9 0.5- 6.7 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,239 22 1.7 1.0- 2.9 1,132 92.1 89.6-94.0 73 5.3 3.7- 7.6 9 0.5 0.2- 1.3 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,004 10 0.7 0.3- 1.6 903 92.6 90.3-94.3 83 5.9 4.3- 7.9 5 0.7 0.3- 2.0 3 0.2 0.0- 0.5
College Graduate 1,470 12 1.1 0.5- 2.2 1,181 84.5 81.6-87.0 271 14.0 11.7-16.8 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6 2 0.2 0.0- 1.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 332 13 2.9 1.5- 5.4 289 89.0 83.4-92.9 27 6.7 3.9-11.4 3 1.4 0.3- 7.4 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 571 8 1.4 0.6- 3.2 504 90.2 86.0-93.3 51 6.7 4.5-10.0 6 1.4 0.3- 6.4 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0
$25,000- 34,999 507 6 1.1 0.4- 2.8 451 93.6 90.8-95.6 47 4.9 3.2- 7.4 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 630 6 0.3 0.1- 0.9 565 92.9 90.0-95.0 58 6.7 4.6- 9.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 574 7 1.9 0.8- 4.2 483 85.4 80.3-89.3 79 11.9 8.3-16.8 2 0.4 0.1- 2.2 3 0.5 0.1- 1.8
$75,000+ 674 4 0.7 0.3- 2.0 567 88.5 84.9-91.3 101 10.6 7.9-14.1 2 0.2 0.0- 0.9 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 304 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9 259 87.0 82.4-90.5 41 12.0 8.6-16.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 287 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 249 87.6 82.9-91.2 35 11.2 7.9-15.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7
Guilford 226 2 1.5 0.4- 6.1 188 82.2 75.6-87.3 32 14.3 9.9-20.4 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9
Henderson/Transylvania 349 5 1.6 0.7- 3.9 300 87.3 83.1-90.6 42 10.7 7.7-14.6 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 226 3 1.6 0.5- 5.4 191 86.2 80.4-90.5 32 12.2 8.3-17.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 301 0 0.0 . - . 225 78.4 72.0-83.7 76 21.6 16.3-28.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Pitt 247 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 220 91.1 86.8-94.1 25 8.2 5.3-12.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 317 8 2.1 0.9- 4.8 286 92.3 88.6-94.8 21 5.1 3.1- 8.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 142 4 3.4 1.3- 9.1 126 88.8 81.6-93.4 10 6.0 3.0-11.8 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7 0 0.0 . - .
Wake 258 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 231 91.6 87.5-94.5 24 7.4 4.7-11.3 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 0 0.0 . - .
Western NC 495 13 2.9 1.6- 5.1 447 91.4 88.4-93.7 28 4.5 3.0- 6.8 4 0.8 0.3- 2.4 3 0.4 0.1- 1.1
Piedmont NC 594 5 0.6 0.2- 1.5 523 90.3 87.0-92.8 59 7.6 5.4-10.5 6 1.4 0.5- 3.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
Eastern NC 473 9 1.7 0.8- 3.6 427 91.2 87.9-93.7 35 6.7 4.5- 9.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6

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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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