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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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 17,227 12,723 68.9 67.9-70.0 1,693 8.3 7.8- 8.8 2,811 22.8 21.8-23.8
-Buncombe County 453 319 66.2 60.1-71.7 59 10.0 7.5-13.3 75 23.8 18.7-29.8
GENDER
Male 161 105 61.0 50.9-70.2 19 8.5 5.1-13.8 37 30.5 21.9-40.8
Female 292 214 71.3 64.6-77.2 40 11.6 8.2-16.1 38 17.1 12.2-23.6
RACE
White 384 279 70.0 64.0-75.4 51 9.9 7.3-13.3 54 20.0 15.2-25.9
Other 69 40 50.0 32.8-67.2 8 10.4 4.5-22.5 21 39.5 23.9-57.7
AGE
18-44 170 99 57.0 47.5-66.0 16 6.9 4.0-11.6 55 36.1 27.5-45.6
45+ 281 218 77.8 71.9-82.8 43 14.2 10.3-19.4 20 7.9 4.9-12.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 121 58.8 47.9-68.9 24 10.7 6.6-16.8 34 30.5 21.2-41.8
Some College + 271 196 70.8 63.8-77.0 34 9.6 6.6-13.8 41 19.6 14.2-26.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 262 178 61.5 53.2-69.1 33 8.9 6.0-13.0 51 29.6 22.3-38.1
$50,000+ 122 90 72.0 62.2-80.1 17 13.2 7.9-21.2 15 14.8 8.8-23.8

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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