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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Wake County

Health Care Access

During the past 12 months, was there any time that you did not have any health insurance or coverage?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,453 386 7.1 6.1- 8.2 5,067 92.9 91.8-93.9
Wake County 377 22 6.0 3.7- 9.8 355 94.0 90.2-96.3
GENDER
Male 150 9 5.1 2.4-10.3 141 94.9 89.7-97.6
Female 227 13 7.0 3.6-13.3 214 93.0 86.7-96.4
RACE
White 291 13 4.0 2.2- 7.1 278 96.0 92.9-97.8
Other 80 9 12.5 5.8-25.1 71 87.5 74.9-94.2
AGE
18-44 219 18 8.4 4.9-14.1 201 91.6 85.9-95.1
45+ 154 4 2.0 0.7- 5.6 150 98.0 94.4-99.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 85 6 5.3 2.1-12.9 79 94.7 87.1-97.9
Some College + 289 16 6.3 3.5-11.1 273 93.7 88.9-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 141 13 8.1 4.3-14.5 128 91.9 85.5-95.7
$50,000+ 161 6 3.6 1.5- 8.3 155 96.4 91.7-98.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 363 30 8.7 5.7-13.1 333 91.3 86.9-94.3
Cumberland 380 26 6.7 4.2-10.5 354 93.3 89.5-95.8
Durham 354 25 5.9 3.7- 9.2 329 94.1 90.8-96.3
Forsyth 418 32 8.7 5.4-13.8 386 91.3 86.2-94.6
Gaston 405 35 9.6 6.7-13.5 370 90.4 86.5-93.3
Guilford 375 34 10.0 6.9-14.2 341 90.0 85.8-93.1
Mecklenburg 403 33 8.1 5.6-11.4 370 91.9 88.6-94.4
New Hanover 362 32 13.0 6.6-24.1 330 87.0 75.9-93.4
Onslow 379 14 3.5 2.0- 6.0 365 96.5 94.0-98.0
Western NC 529 30 6.4 4.4- 9.2 499 93.6 90.8-95.6
Piedmont NC 598 32 4.6 3.0- 6.8 566 95.4 93.2-97.0
Eastern NC 510 41 9.2 6.3-13.3 469 90.8 86.7-93.7

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having current health insurance.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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