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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,280 2,068 16.1 15.3-16.9 11,212 83.9 83.1-84.7
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 357 55 16.1 12.2-21.0 302 83.9 79.0-87.8
GENDER
Male 137 20 15.6 10.0-23.6 117 84.4 76.4-90.0
Female 220 35 16.7 11.9-22.9 185 83.3 77.1-88.1
RACE
White 272 42 15.9 11.6-21.4 230 84.1 78.6-88.4
Other 83 13 17.2 9.5-29.2 70 82.8 70.8-90.5
AGE
18-44 117 14 13.5 7.6-22.9 103 86.5 77.1-92.4
45+ 238 41 17.7 12.9-23.7 197 82.3 76.3-87.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 22 12.7 8.1-19.4 153 87.3 80.6-91.9
Some College + 181 33 19.7 13.8-27.2 148 80.3 72.8-86.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 23 11.5 7.4-17.3 188 88.5 82.7-92.6
$50,000+ 69 18 25.5 16.2-37.8 51 74.5 62.2-83.8

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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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