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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Orange County

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,730 563 8.5 7.5- 9.5 6,167 91.5 90.5-92.5
Orange County 440 21 4.1 2.5- 6.7 419 95.9 93.3-97.5
GENDER
Male 183 6 2.5 1.0- 6.2 177 97.5 93.8-99.0
Female 257 15 5.4 3.0- 9.8 242 94.6 90.2-97.0
RACE
White 358 15 2.9 1.7- 5.0 343 97.1 95.0-98.3
Other 79 6 9.1 3.7-20.4 73 90.9 79.6-96.3
AGE
18-44 222 13 4.4 2.3- 8.2 209 95.6 91.8-97.7
45+ 216 8 3.7 1.7- 8.0 208 96.3 92.0-98.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 86 9 7.0 3.1-15.1 77 93.0 84.9-96.9
Some College + 353 12 3.1 1.6- 6.0 341 96.9 94.0-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 181 16 8.7 5.0-14.8 165 91.3 85.2-95.0
$50,000+ 161 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9 158 98.8 96.1-99.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 36 7.8 5.4-11.2 377 92.2 88.8-94.6
Forsyth 465 38 8.0 5.5-11.5 427 92.0 88.5-94.5
Guilford 423 25 5.8 3.5- 9.5 398 94.2 90.5-96.5
Henderson/Transylvania 474 40 9.0 6.3-12.8 434 91.0 87.2-93.7
Mecklenburg 446 37 8.1 5.5-11.9 409 91.9 88.1-94.5
Pitt 418 33 7.6 5.0-11.3 385 92.4 88.7-95.0
Randolph 433 40 8.0 5.6-11.2 393 92.0 88.8-94.4
Robeson 443 48 9.6 6.9-13.2 395 90.4 86.8-93.1
Wake 432 25 7.7 4.9-11.9 407 92.3 88.1-95.1
Western NC 658 64 8.2 6.2-10.8 594 91.8 89.2-93.8
Piedmont NC 887 76 8.9 6.8-11.6 811 91.1 88.4-93.2
Eastern NC 798 80 9.2 7.1-11.8 718 90.8 88.2-92.9

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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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