BRFSS 2004 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties: (In the past year, have you or anyone living in your household been contacted by a collection agency about owing money for medical bills?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,531	2,442	16.1	15.4-16.8	12,089	83.9	83.2-84.6
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	416	73	18.0	14.1-22.6	343	82.0	77.4-85.9
GENDER
Male	168	27	16.0	10.7-23.4	141	84.0	76.6-89.3
Female	248	46	20.0	14.8-26.3	202	80.0	73.7-85.2
RACE
White	362	56	15.5	11.7-20.3	306	84.5	79.7-88.3
Other	54	17	36.1	22.6-52.1	37	63.9	47.9-77.4
AGE
18-44	171	38	20.0	14.2-27.3	133	80.0	72.7-85.8
45+	245	35	16.3	11.5-22.7	210	83.7	77.3-88.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	46	22.1	16.4-29.1	170	77.9	70.9-83.6
Some College +	199	27	13.7	9.0-20.3	172	86.3	79.7-91.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	234	50	22.7	17.1-29.6	184	77.3	70.4-82.9
$50,000+	97	11	10.9	5.8-19.3	86	89.1	80.7-94.2

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,531	2,442	16.1	15.4-16.8	12,089	83.9	83.2-84.6
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	416	73	18.0	14.1-22.6	343	82.0	77.4-85.9
GENDER
Male	168	27	16.0	10.7-23.4	141	84.0	76.6-89.3
Female	248	46	20.0	14.8-26.3	202	80.0	73.7-85.2
RACE
White	362	56	15.5	11.7-20.3	306	84.5	79.7-88.3
Other	54	17	36.1	22.6-52.1	37	63.9	47.9-77.4
AGE
18-44	171	38	20.0	14.2-27.3	133	80.0	72.7-85.8
45+	245	35	16.3	11.5-22.7	210	83.7	77.3-88.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	46	22.1	16.4-29.1	170	77.9	70.9-83.6
Some College +	199	27	13.7	9.0-20.3	172	86.3	79.7-91.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	234	50	22.7	17.1-29.6	184	77.3	70.4-82.9
$50,000+	97	11	10.9	5.8-19.3	86	89.1	80.7-94.2

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

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

In the past year, have you or anyone living in your household been contacted by a collection agency about owing money for medical bills?