BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (Did your household take a tax deduction for health care expenses in the last federal tax return your household filed?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	13,280	2,068	16.1	15.3-16.9	11,212	83.9	83.1-84.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	325	48	14.3	10.5-19.3	277	85.7	80.7-89.5
GENDER
Male	121	19	14.5	8.8-23.1	102	85.5	76.9-91.2
Female	204	29	14.1	9.8-20.0	175	85.9	80.0-90.2
RACE
White	309	45	13.9	10.3-18.6	264	86.1	81.4-89.7
Other	15	3	18.2	4.5-50.9	12	81.8	49.1-95.5
AGE
18-44	117	13	12.0	6.5-21.1	104	88.0	78.9-93.5
45+	208	35	15.7	10.9-22.0	173	84.3	78.0-89.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	174	20	11.5	7.0-18.6	154	88.5	81.4-93.0
Some College +	151	28	18.2	12.5-25.8	123	81.8	74.2-87.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	205	30	14.0	9.4-20.4	175	86.0	79.6-90.6
$50,000+	56	15	26.5	16.0-40.7	41	73.5	59.3-84.0

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^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 (MAHEC): 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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	13,280	2,068	16.1	15.3-16.9	11,212	83.9	83.1-84.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	325	48	14.3	10.5-19.3	277	85.7	80.7-89.5
GENDER
Male	121	19	14.5	8.8-23.1	102	85.5	76.9-91.2
Female	204	29	14.1	9.8-20.0	175	85.9	80.0-90.2
RACE
White	309	45	13.9	10.3-18.6	264	86.1	81.4-89.7
Other	15	3	18.2	4.5-50.9	12	81.8	49.1-95.5
AGE
18-44	117	13	12.0	6.5-21.1	104	88.0	78.9-93.5
45+	208	35	15.7	10.9-22.0	173	84.3	78.0-89.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	174	20	11.5	7.0-18.6	154	88.5	81.4-93.0
Some College +	151	28	18.2	12.5-25.8	123	81.8	74.2-87.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	205	30	14.0	9.4-20.4	175	86.0	79.6-90.6
$50,000+	56	15	26.5	16.0-40.7	41	73.5	59.3-84.0

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

Did your household take a tax deduction for health care expenses in the last federal tax return your household filed?