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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,226 14,750 80.9 79.9-81.8 2,476 19.1 18.2-20.1
-Durham County 467 386 73.9 67.3-79.6 81 26.1 20.4-32.7
GENDER
Male 158 126 70.1 58.9-79.3 32 29.9 20.7-41.1
Female 309 260 77.4 69.7-83.6 49 22.6 16.4-30.3
RACE
White 260 244 92.6 87.4-95.7 16 7.4 4.3-12.6
Other 204 139 57.1 47.4-66.3 65 42.9 33.7-52.6
AGE
18-44 231 171 64.1 55.0-72.3 60 35.9 27.7-45.0
45+ 235 214 89.5 83.4-93.6 21 10.5 6.4-16.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 95 50.1 38.9-61.2 54 49.9 38.8-61.1
Some College + 318 291 89.5 84.4-93.0 27 10.5 7.0-15.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 174 62.1 52.4-70.8 58 37.9 29.2-47.6
$50,000+ 174 167 96.0 91.7-98.1 7 4.0 1.9- 8.3

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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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