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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Orange County

Health Care Access

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%)
North Carolina 6,681 5,339 76.6 74.9-78.2 380 6.7 5.7- 7.8 333 6.1 5.2- 7.1 290 5.2 4.4- 6.1 339 5.5 4.7- 6.4
Orange County 435 333 73.9 68.1-79.1 31 8.4 5.6-12.6 23 5.5 3.4- 8.9 11 2.8 1.5- 5.5 37 9.2 6.4-13.2
GENDER
Male 182 128 69.3 61.2-76.3 13 9.1 5.0-16.0 12 6.1 3.3-11.1 8 4.4 2.0- 9.3 21 11.1 7.0-17.2
Female 253 205 78.0 69.7-84.6 18 7.8 4.4-13.5 11 5.0 2.4-10.4 3 1.5 0.4- 5.0 16 7.6 4.2-13.3
RACE
White 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
Other 80 46 50.4 37.6-63.2 10 16.3 8.5-28.9 10 12.8 6.1-25.1 3 5.1 1.6-15.2 11 15.3 8.0-27.3
AGE
18-44 219 144 64.1 54.6-72.7 25 12.6 8.0-19.4 12 6.2 3.2-11.5 9 4.3 2.1- 8.7 29 12.7 8.3-19.0
45+ 214 187 88.5 82.8-92.5 6 2.2 0.9- 5.3 11 4.6 2.3- 8.9 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5 8 4.0 1.8- 8.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 85 58 70.2 53.2-82.9 10 10.1 4.6-20.9 8 10.5 4.4-22.8 4 3.9 1.3-11.5 5 5.3 1.9-14.2
Some College + 349 274 75.1 69.2-80.3 21 7.9 4.8-12.7 15 3.8 2.2- 6.5 7 2.5 1.1- 5.6 32 10.7 7.3-15.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 114 58.7 49.6-67.2 22 15.2 9.5-23.4 15 9.8 5.4-17.1 8 5.3 2.4-11.2 21 11.1 6.9-17.4
$50,000+ 160 141 85.1 77.2-90.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 4 2.3 0.9- 6.1 3 2.2 0.6- 7.0 11 9.9 5.4-17.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 412 331 77.3 71.9-81.9 23 6.1 3.9- 9.5 16 4.6 2.6- 7.9 24 6.4 4.1-10.0 18 5.6 3.2- 9.5
Forsyth 462 385 79.9 74.9-84.1 23 6.0 3.8- 9.5 22 5.6 3.4- 9.0 16 4.6 2.7- 7.8 16 3.9 2.3- 6.6
Guilford 422 337 74.9 69.0-80.0 23 7.0 4.2-11.3 20 6.5 3.9-10.7 22 6.9 4.2-11.0 20 4.8 2.9- 7.8
Henderson/Transylvania 467 403 82.3 76.8-86.7 16 5.3 3.0- 9.3 18 5.3 2.9- 9.7 11 2.4 1.1- 4.9 19 4.6 2.7- 7.8
Mecklenburg 435 365 79.1 73.5-83.8 16 4.8 2.7- 8.5 21 5.3 3.3- 8.6 16 5.1 2.8- 9.1 17 5.6 3.2- 9.6
Pitt 416 316 74.7 69.3-79.4 23 5.9 3.7- 9.3 19 5.1 3.0- 8.7 28 6.4 4.3- 9.5 30 7.9 5.3-11.6
Randolph 432 356 80.4 74.9-85.0 20 5.2 3.2- 8.3 16 5.0 2.7- 9.3 20 5.0 3.1- 7.9 20 4.4 2.6- 7.3
Robeson 440 326 66.7 60.1-72.7 39 10.6 7.2-15.5 37 12.2 8.4-17.4 24 5.3 3.3- 8.2 14 5.2 2.2-11.9
Wake 428 343 76.9 71.2-81.8 15 4.8 2.7- 8.6 16 5.1 2.9- 8.9 24 6.5 3.7-11.1 30 6.6 4.4- 9.8
Western NC 658 531 80.0 76.1-83.4 46 6.3 4.5- 8.7 32 5.5 3.7- 8.0 15 2.4 1.4- 4.2 34 5.8 3.9- 8.7
Piedmont NC 881 733 81.2 77.7-84.3 41 5.2 3.5- 7.7 45 5.3 3.7- 7.4 22 3.3 2.1- 5.2 40 5.0 3.5- 7.2
Eastern NC 793 580 69.7 65.5-73.6 64 9.4 7.0-12.6 48 7.7 5.5-10.6 57 7.6 5.7-10.1 44 5.6 4.0- 7.7

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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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