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Geographic Variation in Health Indicators Across North Carolina Counties and Regions: A Comparison of Direct and Synthetic Estimates from the North Carolina BRFSS

Record #:
24893
Abstract:
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System has found that there is a geography factor to consider when looking for health indicators. Health care access is varied across various counties and regions. Poorer areas had worse health care outcomes while the wealthiest areas had better health outcomes.
Source:
SCHS Studies (NoCar RA 407.4 N8 P48), Vol. Issue 137, Aug 2003, p1-7, bibl, f