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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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
-Durham County 467 312 59.2 53.0-65.0 62 11.1 8.3-14.7 93 29.8 24.0-36.3
GENDER
Male 158 93 50.4 40.6-60.1 19 8.3 5.0-13.5 46 41.4 31.6-51.9
Female 309 219 67.2 60.4-73.4 43 13.7 9.7-18.9 47 19.1 14.0-25.4
RACE
White 260 183 65.7 58.2-72.5 41 16.2 11.5-22.1 36 18.2 12.6-25.4
Other 204 126 53.1 43.8-62.2 21 6.7 3.9-11.0 57 40.2 31.1-50.1
AGE
18-44 231 134 50.4 42.2-58.5 27 9.2 6.0-13.9 70 40.5 32.3-49.2
45+ 235 177 73.2 65.3-79.8 35 14.2 9.7-20.4 23 12.6 7.7-19.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 88 46.0 35.3-57.1 10 4.7 2.0-10.4 51 49.3 38.2-60.5
Some College + 318 224 67.7 61.4-73.5 52 15.3 11.4-20.3 42 17.0 12.4-22.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 146 49.5 40.9-58.2 27 8.5 5.2-13.6 59 42.0 33.1-51.3
$50,000+ 174 127 69.9 61.3-77.4 27 15.9 10.8-22.9 20 14.2 8.6-22.5

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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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