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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

What do you think your household has had to give up in the last year to pay health care costs?

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Respond.^
Nothing Only extra activities Only non-necessities Living expenses
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,172 8,738 61.6 60.6-62.6 1,415 10.8 10.2-11.5 1,232 9.0 8.4- 9.6 2,787 18.7 17.9-19.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 396 240 58.1 52.3-63.6 45 12.1 8.8-16.4 32 10.1 6.9-14.5 79 19.7 15.5-24.6
GENDER
Male 163 98 56.4 47.6-64.8 20 12.2 7.7-18.8 15 11.9 7.1-19.4 30 19.4 13.4-27.4
Female 233 142 59.9 52.5-66.9 25 12.0 7.8-18.2 17 8.2 4.9-13.4 49 19.9 14.9-26.1
RACE
White 346 212 60.0 53.9-65.8 42 12.5 9.0-17.1 29 10.8 7.3-15.6 63 16.7 12.7-21.6
Other 50 28 43.7 29.1-59.4 3 9.2 2.7-27.2 3 5.0 1.3-17.3 16 42.1 27.0-58.9
AGE
18-44 165 91 53.1 44.2-61.7 32 18.4 12.6-26.1 14 11.6 6.7-19.3 28 17.0 11.4-24.5
45+ 231 149 62.3 54.8-69.3 13 6.9 3.9-11.9 18 8.9 5.3-14.5 51 21.9 16.4-28.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 124 55.2 47.1-62.9 15 8.5 4.9-14.3 15 11.5 6.8-18.8 49 24.9 18.6-32.4
Some College + 192 115 60.9 52.7-68.6 30 16.0 10.8-22.9 17 8.7 5.2-14.3 30 14.4 9.6-21.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 114 47.1 39.6-54.7 28 14.6 9.8-21.1 21 11.3 6.9-17.9 57 27.0 20.6-34.4
$50,000+ 96 65 67.2 56.1-76.7 12 10.8 5.7-19.5 9 12.6 6.6-22.6 10 9.4 4.9-17.2

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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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