BRFSS 2004 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	416	91	23.6	19.1-28.8	325	76.4	71.2-80.9
GENDER
Male	168	31	20.4	14.0-28.6	137	79.6	71.4-86.0
Female	248	60	26.9	20.9-33.9	188	73.1	66.1-79.1
RACE
White	362	70	20.5	15.9-26.0	292	79.5	74.0-84.1
Other	54	21	46.4	31.7-61.8	33	53.6	38.2-68.3
AGE
18-44	171	40	24.6	17.8-33.0	131	75.4	67.0-82.2
45+	245	51	22.7	17.0-29.7	194	77.3	70.3-83.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	61	31.8	24.9-39.6	155	68.2	60.4-75.1
Some College +	199	30	15.0	10.0-22.0	169	85.0	78.0-90.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	234	62	29.9	23.3-37.4	172	70.1	62.6-76.7
$50,000+	97	9	8.3	4.1-16.2	88	91.7	83.8-95.9

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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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	416	91	23.6	19.1-28.8	325	76.4	71.2-80.9
GENDER
Male	168	31	20.4	14.0-28.6	137	79.6	71.4-86.0
Female	248	60	26.9	20.9-33.9	188	73.1	66.1-79.1
RACE
White	362	70	20.5	15.9-26.0	292	79.5	74.0-84.1
Other	54	21	46.4	31.7-61.8	33	53.6	38.2-68.3
AGE
18-44	171	40	24.6	17.8-33.0	131	75.4	67.0-82.2
45+	245	51	22.7	17.0-29.7	194	77.3	70.3-83.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	61	31.8	24.9-39.6	155	68.2	60.4-75.1
Some College +	199	30	15.0	10.0-22.0	169	85.0	78.0-90.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	234	62	29.9	23.3-37.4	172	70.1	62.6-76.7
$50,000+	97	9	8.3	4.1-16.2	88	91.7	83.8-95.9

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