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

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

Excluding insurance premiums, in the past year, what would you estimate your family's out-of-pocket healthcare costs have been?

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  Total
Respond.^
No cost <$500 $500-$1499 $1500-$4999 $5000+
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,310 1,476 12.0 11.3-12.8 1,980 15.8 15.0-16.6 2,647 20.5 19.6-21.4 4,047 33.1 32.1-34.2 2,160 18.6 17.7-19.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 298 30 11.0 7.2-16.3 42 13.5 9.7-18.4 74 22.2 17.3-28.0 98 36.1 29.2-43.7 54 17.3 13.0-22.6
GENDER
Male 116 14 13.8 7.6-23.6 18 12.5 7.6-19.9 24 18.9 12.1-28.3 43 40.8 29.5-53.2 17 14.0 8.3-22.6
Female 182 16 8.0 4.7-13.2 24 14.5 9.4-21.8 50 25.6 19.5-32.9 55 31.2 24.3-38.9 37 20.7 15.1-27.8
RACE
White 283 26 10.7 6.9-16.3 41 14.7 10.7-20.0 72 23.4 18.4-29.3 95 34.6 28.6-41.1 49 16.5 12.3-21.8
Other 14 4 13.5 2.9-44.5 1 2.2 0.3-16.1 2 11.4 2.4-40.6 3 51.2 17.6-83.8 4 21.7 6.3-53.4
AGE
18-44 108 15 13.0 6.9-23.1 17 15.0 9.1-23.7 24 21.6 13.9-32.1 36 33.8 24.4-44.7 16 16.6 10.0-26.3
45+ 190 15 9.8 5.5-16.7 25 12.6 8.1-19.1 50 22.5 16.6-29.7 62 37.5 28.3-47.7 38 17.7 12.4-24.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 16 10.4 5.8-17.9 24 15.6 10.1-23.5 38 20.3 14.3-28.1 56 40.6 30.4-51.7 23 13.1 8.2-20.1
Some College + 141 14 11.7 6.3-20.6 18 10.7 6.6-16.9 36 24.5 17.3-33.6 42 30.4 22.7-39.4 31 22.6 15.8-31.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 190 26 12.7 8.2-19.2 33 16.7 11.4-23.7 44 20.6 14.9-27.7 59 36.4 27.3-46.6 28 13.6 9.0-19.9
$50,000+ 57 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.4 2.3-16.4 17 28.5 17.9-42.0 21 39.1 26.6-53.3 15 26.0 15.7-39.8

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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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