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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 880 658 69.0 64.6-73.1 78 7.8 6.0- 9.9 144 23.2 19.3-27.7
GENDER
Male 313 233 67.5 60.2-74.1 12 3.5 1.9- 6.5 68 29.0 22.6-36.4
Female 567 425 70.4 65.3-75.1 66 11.9 9.2-15.3 76 17.7 13.6-22.7
RACE
White 602 461 73.7 68.8-78.0 64 9.6 7.3-12.6 77 16.7 12.9-21.3
Other 274 196 60.9 52.5-68.7 13 3.9 2.1- 7.3 65 35.2 27.4-43.9
AGE
18-44 347 238 60.0 53.1-66.5 27 6.9 4.5-10.3 82 33.1 26.7-40.3
45+ 525 416 79.4 75.3-83.1 51 9.0 6.7-12.0 58 11.6 8.8-15.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 152 51.3 42.1-60.4 20 6.0 3.7- 9.6 59 42.7 33.5-52.5
Some College + 647 505 76.3 72.0-80.1 57 8.4 6.3-11.2 85 15.3 12.0-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 362 260 58.3 50.7-65.5 28 6.2 4.1- 9.3 74 35.5 28.2-43.6
$50,000+ 385 313 80.8 75.9-84.9 33 8.0 5.5-11.5 39 11.3 8.1-15.5

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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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