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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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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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
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
GENDER
Male 282 213 75.6 69.3-81.0 18 5.6 3.3- 9.5 24 8.2 5.3-12.6 9 3.2 1.6- 6.4 18 7.3 4.3-12.3
Female 376 318 85.2 80.8-88.7 28 7.1 4.7-10.5 8 2.2 1.0- 4.7 6 1.4 0.6- 3.2 16 4.1 2.4- 6.8
RACE
White 612 503 82.4 78.5-85.6 36 5.0 3.5- 7.1 28 4.7 3.1- 7.1 13 1.9 1.1- 3.4 32 6.0 3.9- 9.0
Other 44 27 54.0 36.5-70.5 10 23.2 11.1-42.4 3 10.1 3.2-27.4 2 8.6 2.1-29.6 2 4.1 0.8-17.9
AGE
18-44 244 182 73.3 66.1-79.5 23 8.0 5.0-12.8 12 6.4 3.5-11.5 9 3.6 1.7- 7.3 18 8.7 5.0-14.5
45+ 408 346 85.9 81.9-89.2 21 4.7 3.0- 7.4 20 4.8 3.0- 7.6 6 1.4 0.6- 3.2 15 3.2 1.8- 5.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 376 297 78.8 73.3-83.4 30 6.6 4.3-10.1 21 6.4 4.1-10.1 10 2.8 1.4- 5.6 18 5.4 2.9- 9.6
Some College + 281 234 81.8 75.9-86.5 15 5.7 3.3- 9.6 11 4.2 2.1- 8.4 5 1.8 0.7- 4.6 16 6.5 3.8-10.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 400 312 76.8 71.4-81.5 34 7.6 5.2-11.0 23 6.1 3.9- 9.5 8 2.3 1.0- 5.0 23 7.2 4.4-11.6
$50,000+ 108 101 93.1 85.0-97.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.8 0.3-11.8 3 1.9 0.6- 6.1 3 3.2 0.9-10.5
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
Orange 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
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
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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