BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (In the past year, did you or another family member in your household have any problems paying medical bills?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,543	2,978	19.5	18.7-20.3	11,565	80.5	79.7-81.3
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	350	79	25.6	19.4-32.9	271	74.4	67.1-80.6
GENDER
Male	131	22	23.3	13.6-37.0	109	76.7	63.0-86.4
Female	219	57	27.9	21.8-35.0	162	72.1	65.0-78.2
RACE
White	332	74	22.3	17.6-27.7	258	77.7	72.3-82.4
Other	17	5	55.2	24.2-82.7	12	44.8	17.3-75.8
AGE
18-44	128	40	31.0	22.8-40.6	88	69.0	59.4-77.2
45+	222	39	22.3	14.2-33.3	183	77.7	66.7-85.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	188	50	30.6	21.4-41.6	138	69.4	58.4-78.6
Some College +	162	29	18.9	12.9-26.6	133	81.1	73.4-87.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	217	54	28.9	20.5-39.0	163	71.1	61.0-79.5
$50,000+	62	6	10.3	4.4-22.2	56	89.7	77.8-95.6

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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	14,543	2,978	19.5	18.7-20.3	11,565	80.5	79.7-81.3
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	350	79	25.6	19.4-32.9	271	74.4	67.1-80.6
GENDER
Male	131	22	23.3	13.6-37.0	109	76.7	63.0-86.4
Female	219	57	27.9	21.8-35.0	162	72.1	65.0-78.2
RACE
White	332	74	22.3	17.6-27.7	258	77.7	72.3-82.4
Other	17	5	55.2	24.2-82.7	12	44.8	17.3-75.8
AGE
18-44	128	40	31.0	22.8-40.6	88	69.0	59.4-77.2
45+	222	39	22.3	14.2-33.3	183	77.7	66.7-85.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	188	50	30.6	21.4-41.6	138	69.4	58.4-78.6
Some College +	162	29	18.9	12.9-26.6	133	81.1	73.4-87.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	217	54	28.9	20.5-39.0	163	71.1	61.0-79.5
$50,000+	62	6	10.3	4.4-22.2	56	89.7	77.8-95.6

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

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

In the past year, did you or another family member in your household have any problems paying medical bills?