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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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 13,255 9,660 67.3 65.7-68.8 1,636 10.4 9.6-11.3 1,959 22.3 20.8-23.9
-Western NC 2,822 2,081 69.9 66.7-72.9 333 9.4 8.0-10.9 408 20.8 17.8-24.0
GENDER
Male 1,085 746 62.4 57.0-67.4 120 7.8 6.3- 9.7 219 29.8 24.7-35.5
Female 1,737 1,335 76.8 73.6-79.7 213 10.8 8.8-13.2 189 12.4 10.2-14.9
RACE
White 2,594 1,951 72.3 69.1-75.4 310 9.9 8.5-11.5 333 17.8 14.9-21.1
African American 78 54 58.4 40.0-74.7 8 5.1 1.8-13.2 16 36.6 20.5-56.3
Other Minorities 137 69 40.3 27.8-54.2 13 4.4 2.0- 9.1 55 55.4 41.5-68.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 31 43.9 26.7-62.7 5 4.1 1.4-10.9 24 52.1 33.5-70.1
Non-Hispanic 2,756 2,046 70.9 67.7-73.9 327 9.6 8.2-11.1 383 19.5 16.6-22.8
AGE
18-24 89 55 59.0 41.1-74.8 3 1.1 0.3- 4.0 31 39.9 24.2-58.1
25-34 193 114 53.2 43.9-62.3 14 6.7 3.8-11.5 65 40.1 31.3-49.5
35-44 345 237 70.2 63.6-76.1 26 5.9 3.8- 9.2 82 23.9 18.5-30.3
45-54 495 344 70.1 64.0-75.6 63 13.0 8.8-18.7 88 16.9 13.0-21.6
55-64 652 503 78.0 73.9-81.6 73 10.3 8.0-13.0 76 11.7 8.9-15.4
65+ 1,026 812 80.6 77.7-83.2 150 14.2 11.9-16.8 64 5.2 3.9- 6.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 398 269 53.4 42.0-64.5 48 9.2 4.9-16.5 81 37.4 25.9-50.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 922 685 70.0 65.4-74.3 99 7.9 6.2-10.0 138 22.1 18.0-26.7
Some Post-H.S. 693 518 74.6 69.3-79.3 83 9.6 7.3-12.4 92 15.8 11.9-20.7
College Graduate 805 606 73.8 69.1-78.0 102 11.0 8.7-13.9 97 15.2 11.6-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 370 253 58.9 49.2-68.0 49 10.1 7.0-14.4 68 31.0 21.8-41.9
$15,000- 24,999 521 372 66.1 59.8-72.0 46 6.3 4.5- 8.9 103 27.5 21.9-33.9
$25,000- 34,999 348 257 72.1 65.4-77.9 46 11.6 8.2-16.2 45 16.3 11.4-22.8
$35,000- 49,999 372 290 72.6 65.7-78.5 40 11.0 7.7-15.6 42 16.4 11.3-23.2
$50,000-74,999 360 280 79.3 72.9-84.5 38 7.1 4.9-10.3 42 13.6 9.1-19.8
$75,000+ 409 316 76.3 69.2-82.3 50 9.7 6.9-13.6 43 14.0 9.0-20.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,075 776 71.4 67.2-75.3 183 15.6 12.6-19.1 116 13.0 10.2-16.4
No 1,613 1,211 70.7 67.0-74.2 141 6.9 5.6- 8.4 261 22.4 19.1-26.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 359 260 73.4 67.7-78.5 63 14.9 11.4-19.3 36 11.6 7.9-16.8
Non-Veteran 2,230 1,639 69.0 65.3-72.5 247 8.9 7.4-10.6 344 22.1 18.7-25.9

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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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