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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 2,731 2,179 77.9 75.3-80.3 552 22.1 19.7-24.7
RACE
White 1,954 1,633 84.4 81.8-86.6 321 15.6 13.4-18.2
African American 509 398 75.0 68.4-80.6 111 25.0 19.4-31.6
Asian 26 21 76.0 46.7-91.9 5 24.0 8.1-53.3
Native American 70 56 75.7 47.8-91.3 14 24.3 8.7-52.2
Other Minorities 155 59 31.3 21.4-43.3 96 68.7 56.7-78.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 160 60 32.8 22.9-44.5 100 67.2 55.5-77.1
-English Speaking 46 28 61.8 39.3-80.2 18 38.2 19.8-60.7
-Spanish Speaking 114 32 24.7 14.9-38.0 82 75.3 62.0-85.1
Non-Hispanic 2,568 2,116 82.4 80.0-84.6 452 17.6 15.4-20.0
AGE
18-24 216 140 66.4 57.0-74.7 76 33.6 25.3-43.0
25-34 533 402 73.9 68.0-79.0 131 26.1 21.0-32.0
35-44 689 557 80.4 75.4-84.5 132 19.6 15.5-24.6
45-54 686 560 81.1 76.0-85.4 126 18.9 14.6-24.0
55-64 586 501 87.5 83.3-90.8 85 12.5 9.2-16.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 386 230 54.3 46.2-62.2 156 45.7 37.8-53.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 851 638 73.0 67.9-77.5 213 27.0 22.5-32.1
Some Post-H.S. 671 558 82.2 77.0-86.5 113 17.8 13.5-23.0
College Graduate 817 747 92.0 88.7-94.4 70 8.0 5.6-11.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 207 119 55.5 43.7-66.7 88 44.5 33.3-56.3
$15,000- 24,999 468 262 54.4 47.2-61.4 206 45.6 38.6-52.8
$25,000- 34,999 291 229 77.9 69.3-84.7 62 22.1 15.3-30.7
$35,000- 49,999 436 390 88.3 82.4-92.5 46 11.7 7.5-17.6
$50,000-74,999 380 365 95.3 91.3-97.5 15 4.7 2.5- 8.7
$75,000+ 443 429 95.4 90.3-97.9 14 4.6 2.1- 9.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 129 100 74.2 64.3-82.2 29 25.8 17.8-35.7
Guilford 128 103 78.9 68.7-86.5 25 21.1 13.5-31.3
Mecklenburg 139 114 76.5 65.5-84.8 25 23.5 15.2-34.5
Orange 150 130 74.8 58.0-86.5 20 25.2 13.5-42.0
Wake 158 136 81.2 71.0-88.4 22 18.8 11.6-29.0
Chatham/Lee 117 91 77.9 67.7-85.5 26 22.1 14.5-32.3
Nash/Wilson 114 98 81.4 71.1-88.7 16 18.6 11.3-28.9
Craven/Pamlico 117 101 81.1 69.1-89.1 16 18.9 10.9-30.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 132 107 80.2 70.9-87.0 25 19.8 13.0-29.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 126 95 66.6 52.1-78.5 31 33.4 21.5-47.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 142 108 71.4 60.0-80.6 34 28.6 19.4-40.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 124 88 50.1 30.2-69.9 36 49.9 30.1-69.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 141 107 73.6 64.0-81.3 34 26.4 18.7-36.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 106 76 66.7 54.2-77.2 30 33.3 22.8-45.8
Northeast NC I 109 87 68.1 50.2-81.9 22 31.9 18.1-49.8
Northeast NC II 141 111 77.8 68.1-85.2 30 22.2 14.8-31.9
Northeastern Partnership 250 198 74.7 65.9-81.9 52 25.3 18.1-34.1
Mountain AHEC 354 259 68.6 60.2-75.9 95 31.4 24.1-39.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 911 720 75.2 70.2-79.7 191 24.8 20.3-29.8
Piedmont 1,243 1,027 81.2 77.7-84.3 216 18.8 15.7-22.3
Western NC 577 432 70.0 63.5-75.9 145 30.0 24.1-36.5

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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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