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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Reaction to Race

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%)
North Carolina 5,587 142 2.6 2.1- 3.3 4,862 89.4 88.1-90.5 532 7.1 6.2- 8.2 42 0.7 0.4- 1.1 9 0.2 0.1- 0.4
Western NC 531 13 2.7 1.5- 4.8 479 91.2 88.3-93.5 32 5.0 3.4- 7.3 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1
GENDER
Male 226 10 4.4 2.3- 8.3 203 91.1 86.5-94.3 9 3.2 1.6- 6.3 3 1.1 0.3- 4.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
Female 305 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5 276 91.3 87.3-94.2 23 7.1 4.5-10.9 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
RACE
White 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
Other 34 0 0.0 . - . 30 87.0 69.1-95.2 4 13.0 4.8-30.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 206 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 191 93.5 88.9-96.3 11 4.7 2.5- 8.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
45+ 320 12 4.2 2.3- 7.5 283 89.2 85.0-92.4 21 5.4 3.4- 8.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 305 10 3.5 1.8- 6.9 278 91.7 87.6-94.6 16 4.2 2.4- 7.1 1 0.6 0.1- 3.8 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 225 3 1.5 0.5- 4.4 200 90.5 85.8-93.7 16 6.2 3.7-10.4 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 3 0.8 0.3- 2.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 330 9 2.7 1.3- 5.6 295 90.9 87.1-93.6 21 5.3 3.4- 8.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6
$50,000+ 86 4 5.5 2.0-14.3 78 91.7 83.1-96.1 3 2.3 0.6- 7.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 342 6 1.2 0.5- 2.8 290 87.0 82.8-90.3 45 11.4 8.3-15.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 389 7 1.5 0.6- 3.4 341 88.6 84.7-91.6 38 9.1 6.4-12.6 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
Guilford 346 11 4.0 1.9- 8.2 286 82.5 77.2-86.8 42 11.7 8.4-16.1 6 1.1 0.5- 2.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3
Henderson/Transylvania 381 8 2.4 1.1- 4.9 328 87.6 83.4-90.8 43 9.7 6.9-13.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 383 18 3.8 2.3- 6.2 320 85.1 80.4-88.8 41 10.1 7.0-14.3 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 370 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 287 79.4 73.7-84.1 80 19.9 15.2-25.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 0 0.0 . - .
Pitt 350 5 1.2 0.5- 3.0 311 88.9 84.1-92.3 31 8.1 5.4-12.1 3 1.8 0.5- 6.4 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 351 9 2.0 0.9- 4.4 312 90.6 86.7-93.4 27 6.8 4.4-10.4 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 362 13 3.3 1.8- 6.3 326 90.9 87.0-93.7 17 3.8 2.2- 6.6 5 1.6 0.7- 3.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
Wake 359 11 2.0 1.0- 3.8 318 92.0 88.9-94.3 28 5.7 3.8- 8.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 0 0.0 . - .
Piedmont NC 735 17 2.1 1.2- 3.7 647 90.2 87.3-92.4 63 6.4 4.6- 8.7 7 1.2 0.5- 2.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
Eastern NC 688 22 3.3 2.0- 5.3 617 90.2 86.9-92.7 45 6.2 4.2- 9.1 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1

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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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