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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages (Age under 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,591 2,272 85.7 83.3-87.8 319 14.3 12.2-16.7
RACE
White 1,832 1,648 88.2 85.7-90.4 184 11.8 9.6-14.3
African American 604 516 87.0 82.7-90.4 88 13.0 9.6-17.3
Asian 12 11 93.6 63.4-99.2 1 6.4 0.8-36.6
Native American 63 51 75.0 51.9-89.3 12 25.0 10.7-48.1
Other Minorities 73 40 46.7 29.3-64.9 33 53.3 35.1-70.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 82 49 44.3 28.0-61.9 33 55.7 38.1-72.0
-English Speaking 39 34 81.9 57.1-93.9 5 18.1 6.1-42.9
-Spanish Speaking 43 15 31.0 14.7-54.0 28 69.0 46.0-85.3
Non-Hispanic 2,506 2,220 87.8 85.6-89.6 286 12.2 10.4-14.4
AGE
18-24 162 118 72.9 62.1-81.5 44 27.1 18.5-37.9
25-34 584 505 86.7 82.2-90.3 79 13.3 9.7-17.8
35-44 714 615 83.3 77.7-87.7 99 16.7 12.3-22.3
45-54 713 651 91.1 87.7-93.7 62 8.9 6.3-12.3
55-64 390 356 90.5 84.4-94.4 34 9.5 5.6-15.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 178 122 60.6 47.0-72.8 56 39.4 27.2-53.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 754 627 78.1 72.8-82.7 127 21.9 17.3-27.2
Some Post-H.S. 738 648 87.6 83.8-90.6 90 12.4 9.4-16.2
College Graduate 920 874 96.0 94.0-97.4 46 4.0 2.6- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 86 52.9 40.5-65.1 64 47.1 34.9-59.5
$15,000- 24,999 466 341 67.8 60.7-74.2 125 32.2 25.8-39.3
$25,000- 34,999 377 337 90.1 84.5-93.8 40 9.9 6.2-15.5
$35,000- 49,999 438 410 89.3 83.6-93.2 28 10.7 6.8-16.4
$50,000-74,999 371 362 97.7 94.3-99.1 9 2.3 0.9- 5.7
$75,000+ 400 396 98.7 95.9-99.6 4 1.3 0.4- 4.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 119 102 84.7 75.5-90.9 17 15.3 9.1-24.5
Guilford 139 126 87.1 77.8-92.8 13 12.9 7.2-22.2
Mecklenburg 128 122 94.5 87.7-97.7 6 5.5 2.3-12.3
Orange 132 124 89.5 71.1-96.7 8 10.5 3.3-28.9
Wake 139 124 82.6 71.9-89.8 15 17.4 10.2-28.1
Chatham/Lee 100 90 84.7 71.1-92.6 10 15.3 7.4-28.9
Nash/Wilson 102 92 89.3 80.0-94.5 10 10.7 5.5-20.0
Craven/Pamlico 104 97 95.4 90.0-97.9 7 4.6 2.1-10.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 105 92 87.6 79.1-93.0 13 12.4 7.0-20.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 124 106 83.7 74.8-89.9 18 16.3 10.1-25.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 133 121 87.1 75.5-93.7 12 12.9 6.3-24.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 114 95 83.0 74.1-89.3 19 17.0 10.7-25.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 135 110 77.9 68.2-85.3 25 22.1 14.7-31.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 127 107 83.4 75.1-89.3 20 16.6 10.7-24.9
Northeast NC I 145 119 82.7 74.9-88.4 26 17.3 11.6-25.1
Northeast NC II 132 115 83.7 74.4-90.1 17 16.3 9.9-25.6
Northeastern Partnership 277 234 83.3 77.2-88.0 43 16.7 12.0-22.8
Mountain AHEC 339 290 83.9 77.2-88.9 49 16.1 11.1-22.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 925 795 83.8 78.9-87.7 130 16.2 12.3-21.1
Piedmont 1,137 1,026 87.3 83.9-90.0 111 12.7 10.0-16.1
Western NC 529 451 83.1 77.6-87.5 78 16.9 12.5-22.4

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