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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Health Insurance Coverage -Age Under 65*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 7,233 5,936 79.8 78.2-81.3 1,297 20.2 18.7-21.8
GENDER
Male 2,731 2,179 77.9 75.3-80.3 552 22.1 19.7-24.7
Female 4,502 3,757 81.7 79.7-83.5 745 18.3 16.5-20.3
RACE
White 5,141 4,377 84.9 83.3-86.4 764 15.1 13.6-16.7
African American 1,519 1,225 79.1 75.4-82.3 294 20.9 17.7-24.6
Asian 49 40 81.3 59.1-92.9 9 18.7 7.1-40.9
Native American 191 145 74.9 59.8-85.7 46 25.1 14.3-40.2
Other Minorities 302 126 32.8 25.3-41.4 176 67.2 58.6-74.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 311 135 33.5 26.0-42.0 176 66.5 58.0-74.0
-English Speaking 114 83 63.1 47.3-76.4 31 36.9 23.6-52.7
-Spanish Speaking 197 52 23.9 16.2-33.8 145 76.1 66.2-83.8
Non-Hispanic 6,914 5,793 83.4 82.0-84.8 1,121 16.6 15.2-18.0
AGE
18-24 578 410 68.4 62.3-73.9 168 31.6 26.1-37.7
25-34 1,415 1,110 76.7 73.1-79.9 305 23.3 20.1-26.9
35-44 1,788 1,459 80.7 77.5-83.5 329 19.3 16.5-22.5
45-54 1,846 1,568 84.6 81.7-87.1 278 15.4 12.9-18.3
55-64 1,536 1,324 87.2 84.4-89.6 212 12.8 10.4-15.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 895 559 54.6 49.0-60.1 336 45.4 39.9-51.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,197 1,708 75.0 71.8-77.9 489 25.0 22.1-28.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,913 1,609 83.8 80.8-86.4 304 16.2 13.6-19.2
College Graduate 2,215 2,050 93.0 91.2-94.5 165 7.0 5.5- 8.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 704 433 57.7 51.2-63.9 271 42.3 36.1-48.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,286 838 60.8 56.2-65.2 448 39.2 34.8-43.8
$25,000- 34,999 845 691 80.1 75.1-84.3 154 19.9 15.7-24.9
$35,000- 49,999 1,064 956 86.9 83.2-89.9 108 13.1 10.1-16.8
$50,000-74,999 911 876 96.1 93.9-97.5 35 3.9 2.5- 6.1
$75,000+ 1,060 1,037 96.9 94.2-98.3 23 3.1 1.7- 5.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 320 255 77.2 71.0-82.3 65 22.8 17.7-29.0
Guilford 347 299 82.8 76.7-87.5 48 17.2 12.5-23.3
Mecklenburg 368 323 82.7 76.3-87.6 45 17.3 12.4-23.7
Orange 381 343 83.3 73.6-90.0 38 16.7 10.0-26.4
Wake 392 337 80.0 73.6-85.1 55 20.0 14.9-26.4
Chatham/Lee 295 236 76.9 70.1-82.5 59 23.1 17.5-29.9
Nash/Wilson 293 247 80.3 73.9-85.4 46 19.7 14.6-26.1
Craven/Pamlico 325 284 85.7 79.5-90.3 41 14.3 9.7-20.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 332 272 80.4 74.6-85.1 60 19.6 14.9-25.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 345 259 70.7 62.6-77.7 86 29.3 22.3-37.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 377 305 76.6 69.8-82.2 72 23.4 17.8-30.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 313 237 62.0 46.3-75.6 76 38.0 24.4-53.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 381 297 75.7 70.1-80.6 84 24.3 19.4-29.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 317 242 71.6 64.5-77.7 75 28.4 22.3-35.5
Northeast NC I 339 271 74.6 65.4-82.1 68 25.4 17.9-34.6
Northeast NC II 378 306 78.5 72.7-83.3 72 21.5 16.7-27.3
Northeastern Partnership 717 577 77.1 72.3-81.4 140 22.9 18.6-27.7
Mountain AHEC 931 732 75.5 70.7-79.7 199 24.5 20.3-29.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,525 2,052 78.6 75.6-81.4 473 21.4 18.6-24.4
Piedmont 3,192 2,708 81.8 79.6-83.8 484 18.2 16.2-20.4
Western NC 1,516 1,176 74.1 70.1-77.7 340 25.9 22.3-29.9

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 included

^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: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): 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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