BRFSS 2004 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	390	70	17.1	13.3-21.6	320	82.9	78.4-86.7
GENDER
Male	119	12	10.1	5.6-17.6	107	89.9	82.4-94.4
Female	271	58	22.1	17.1-28.2	213	77.9	71.8-82.9
RACE
White	304	44	13.5	9.9-18.3	260	86.5	81.7-90.1
Other	85	25	27.5	18.2-39.3	60	72.5	60.7-81.8
AGE
18-44	139	28	18.0	12.3-25.6	111	82.0	74.4-87.7
45+	250	42	16.5	11.8-22.4	208	83.5	77.6-88.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	191	44	22.4	16.5-29.7	147	77.6	70.3-83.5
Some College +	198	26	12.2	7.9-18.1	172	87.8	81.9-92.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	241	52	20.9	15.7-27.3	189	79.1	72.7-84.3
$50,000+	80	6	7.0	2.9-15.7	74	93.0	84.3-97.1

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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
-Alamance County	390	70	17.1	13.3-21.6	320	82.9	78.4-86.7
GENDER
Male	119	12	10.1	5.6-17.6	107	89.9	82.4-94.4
Female	271	58	22.1	17.1-28.2	213	77.9	71.8-82.9
RACE
White	304	44	13.5	9.9-18.3	260	86.5	81.7-90.1
Other	85	25	27.5	18.2-39.3	60	72.5	60.7-81.8
AGE
18-44	139	28	18.0	12.3-25.6	111	82.0	74.4-87.7
45+	250	42	16.5	11.8-22.4	208	83.5	77.6-88.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	191	44	22.4	16.5-29.7	147	77.6	70.3-83.5
Some College +	198	26	12.2	7.9-18.1	172	87.8	81.9-92.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	241	52	20.9	15.7-27.3	189	79.1	72.7-84.3
$50,000+	80	6	7.0	2.9-15.7	74	93.0	84.3-97.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

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?