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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,444 6,439 64.9 63.3-66.4 1,587 15.8 14.7-17.0 1,418 19.4 18.0-20.8
-Eastern NC 3,318 2,274 61.2 58.2-64.1 546 16.5 14.5-18.8 498 22.3 19.6-25.2
GENDER
Male 1,166 737 55.2 50.3-60.0 168 14.7 11.6-18.5 261 30.1 25.6-34.9
Female 2,152 1,537 66.6 63.1-70.0 378 18.2 15.7-20.9 237 15.2 12.4-18.5
RACE
White 2,070 1,442 63.7 60.0-67.3 358 17.8 15.3-20.7 270 18.4 15.5-21.9
African American 981 689 67.0 61.7-71.8 145 12.9 10.2-16.2 147 20.1 15.8-25.3
Other Minorities 248 133 29.5 21.9-38.4 40 17.5 9.9-29.3 75 53.0 41.6-64.1
AGE
18-24 201 102 41.4 30.9-52.8 36 17.8 10.8-28.0 63 40.8 30.2-52.2
25-34 494 297 50.3 43.3-57.2 79 15.5 11.1-21.0 118 34.3 27.5-41.8
35-44 597 391 60.0 53.3-66.4 88 16.0 11.8-21.3 118 24.0 18.3-30.8
45-54 647 459 69.2 63.1-74.7 93 12.5 9.3-16.6 95 18.3 13.6-24.1
55-64 569 428 74.8 69.1-79.8 85 15.3 11.3-20.4 56 9.9 6.8-14.0
65-74 462 335 71.6 64.9-77.5 98 23.1 17.7-29.5 29 5.3 2.9- 9.5
75+ 328 245 70.1 61.7-77.3 65 23.5 16.8-31.7 18 6.4 3.4-11.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 660 423 53.8 47.0-60.4 111 15.9 11.8-21.0 126 30.3 23.7-37.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,112 760 62.1 56.9-67.0 176 15.2 11.9-19.3 176 22.7 18.3-27.7
Some Post-H.S. 850 599 64.8 58.4-70.6 137 14.6 11.1-19.0 114 20.6 15.4-27.1
College Graduate 690 487 61.5 55.5-67.1 121 21.5 17.0-26.9 82 17.0 12.8-22.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 470 323 66.8 58.5-74.2 69 13.5 9.5-18.8 78 19.7 13.1-28.5
$15,000- 24,999 659 429 49.6 43.0-56.3 92 16.6 11.7-23.1 138 33.8 27.2-41.1
$25,000- 34,999 382 271 64.0 55.3-71.9 52 12.3 8.0-18.6 59 23.7 16.6-32.5
$35,000- 49,999 425 303 63.4 55.2-70.8 65 10.5 7.2-15.0 57 26.2 19.0-34.9
$50,000-74,999 333 237 74.1 66.5-80.5 57 13.7 9.3-19.7 39 12.2 7.9-18.4
$75,000+ 291 215 68.3 59.2-76.1 51 21.0 14.6-29.2 25 10.7 6.1-18.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 313 67.7 62.3-72.7 78 15.8 12.2-20.2 63 16.5 12.7-21.2
Guilford 444 292 66.7 61.3-71.8 86 17.7 13.9-22.3 66 15.6 11.9-20.1
Mecklenburg 448 308 64.0 57.7-69.9 81 17.1 12.8-22.5 59 18.9 14.1-24.8
Orange 452 266 55.8 48.6-62.8 80 15.4 11.2-20.8 106 28.8 23.0-35.3
Wake 452 298 61.5 55.7-67.1 76 13.8 10.7-17.6 78 24.6 19.4-30.7
Chatham/Lee 400 266 62.2 55.8-68.3 72 16.3 12.5-21.1 62 21.5 16.2-27.8
Nash/Wilson 380 284 72.5 66.8-77.6 50 11.7 8.6-15.7 46 15.8 11.6-21.1
Craven/Pamlico 456 321 65.7 59.8-71.1 80 17.6 13.7-22.3 55 16.7 12.3-22.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 332 75.5 70.5-79.9 61 13.4 10.2-17.5 44 11.1 8.1-15.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 456 311 63.6 56.1-70.5 82 20.9 14.3-29.5 63 15.5 11.7-20.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 479 329 64.6 57.2-71.4 72 15.2 10.8-20.8 78 20.2 15.2-26.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 290 56.9 44.6-68.4 64 13.1 9.2-18.3 70 30.0 17.8-45.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 475 317 62.0 56.6-67.1 87 18.0 14.4-22.3 71 20.0 15.6-25.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 419 297 68.6 62.4-74.1 68 13.0 9.9-16.9 54 18.5 13.6-24.6
Northeast NC I 461 327 66.5 59.2-73.0 73 14.8 11.1-19.4 61 18.7 12.6-26.9
Northeast NC II 513 350 63.6 58.2-68.8 75 14.1 10.8-18.2 88 22.3 17.7-27.6
Northeastern Partnership 974 677 64.6 60.3-68.7 148 14.3 11.8-17.4 149 21.0 17.3-25.3
Mountain AHEC 1,306 888 64.8 60.6-68.8 226 17.1 14.4-20.2 192 18.1 14.8-21.9
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 4,049 2,729 66.4 64.2-68.6 690 15.2 13.7-16.9 630 18.4 16.6-20.4
Western NC 2,077 1,436 66.3 62.8-69.7 351 16.5 14.1-19.3 290 17.1 14.4-20.3

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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