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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,028 12,791 82.9 82.1-83.8 2,237 17.1 16.2-17.9
-Union County 435 397 90.0 86.0-93.0 38 10.0 7.0-14.0
GENDER
Male 133 124 93.8 88.0-96.9 9 6.2 3.1-12.0
Female 302 273 87.7 82.0-91.8 29 12.3 8.2-18.0
RACE
White 375 351 93.9 90.4-96.2 24 6.1 3.8- 9.6
Other 59 45 70.9 55.8-82.5 14 29.1 17.5-44.2
AGE
18-44 190 166 85.8 78.9-90.7 24 14.2 9.3-21.1
45+ 243 229 93.7 88.5-96.7 14 6.3 3.3-11.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 171 147 81.7 73.4-87.9 24 18.3 12.1-26.6
Some College + 264 250 95.2 91.2-97.5 14 4.8 2.5- 8.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 157 84.9 77.4-90.2 23 15.1 9.8-22.6
$50,000+ 171 164 96.3 90.6-98.6 7 3.7 1.4- 9.4

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^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 (MAHEC): 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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