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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Health Care Access

Do you have one person you think of as your personal doctor or health care provider?

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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 15,619 11,606 68.9 67.8-70.0 1,667 9.2 8.6- 9.8 2,346 21.9 20.8-22.9
-Mtn. AHEC 929 685 70.9 66.6-75.0 102 9.8 7.6-12.5 142 19.2 15.6-23.5
GENDER
Male 347 239 62.9 55.6-69.6 34 7.7 5.1-11.6 74 29.4 22.9-36.8
Female 582 446 78.0 73.2-82.1 68 11.6 8.5-15.7 68 10.4 7.7-13.8
RACE
White 827 622 72.8 68.2-76.9 93 10.2 7.9-13.1 112 17.0 13.4-21.4
Other 98 59 51.0 36.9-64.9 9 6.2 2.3-16.0 30 42.8 29.1-57.7
AGE
18-44 242 151 61.3 52.8-69.1 24 9.0 5.4-14.7 67 29.7 22.5-38.2
45+ 686 533 77.9 73.7-81.6 78 10.4 8.0-13.3 75 11.7 8.8-15.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 393 278 63.4 55.7-70.4 42 9.7 6.3-14.7 73 26.9 20.3-34.8
Some College + 531 402 76.8 72.1-80.8 60 10.0 7.4-13.3 69 13.3 10.1-17.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 563 402 67.1 61.3-72.5 62 10.1 7.2-14.0 99 22.8 18.0-28.5
$50,000+ 235 187 80.5 73.8-85.8 26 10.3 6.7-15.4 22 9.2 5.5-15.0

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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