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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western 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%)
North Carolina 7,233 5,936 79.8 78.2-81.3 1,297 20.2 18.7-21.8
-Western NC 1,516 1,176 74.1 70.1-77.7 340 25.9 22.3-29.9
GENDER
Male 577 432 70.0 63.5-75.9 145 30.0 24.1-36.5
Female 939 744 78.2 73.7-82.1 195 21.8 17.9-26.3
RACE
White 1,360 1,078 77.2 73.4-80.6 282 22.8 19.4-26.6
African American 59 45 55.3 31.6-76.7 14 44.7 23.3-68.4
Other Minorities 91 49 41.1 22.9-62.0 42 58.9 38.0-77.1
AGE
18-24 136 85 56.0 43.8-67.5 51 44.0 32.5-56.2
25-34 282 204 74.2 64.9-81.7 78 25.8 18.3-35.1
35-44 343 263 74.8 66.3-81.7 80 25.2 18.3-33.7
45-54 383 305 77.1 68.4-84.0 78 22.9 16.0-31.6
55-64 355 304 82.3 74.8-88.0 51 17.7 12.0-25.2
65-74 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
75+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 184 107 59.7 46.0-72.1 77 40.3 27.9-54.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 488 364 70.0 63.1-76.1 124 30.0 23.9-36.9
Some Post-H.S. 423 338 77.0 69.0-83.5 85 23.0 16.5-31.0
College Graduate 418 365 86.4 80.8-90.6 53 13.6 9.4-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 174 93 52.4 41.7-62.9 81 47.6 37.1-58.3
$15,000- 24,999 286 175 61.2 51.1-70.5 111 38.8 29.5-48.9
$25,000- 34,999 205 159 72.3 61.0-81.3 46 27.7 18.7-39.0
$35,000- 49,999 221 191 78.4 65.4-87.5 30 21.6 12.5-34.6
$50,000-74,999 189 182 95.2 88.7-98.1 7 4.8 1.9-11.3
$75,000+ 173 166 94.5 86.4-97.9 7 5.5 2.1-13.6
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

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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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