BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	392	85	20.9	16.8-25.7	307	79.1	74.3-83.2
GENDER
Male	150	32	19.1	13.3-26.7	118	80.9	73.3-86.7
Female	242	53	22.6	17.4-29.0	189	77.4	71.0-82.6
RACE
White	302	55	18.1	13.7-23.5	247	81.9	76.5-86.3
Other	88	30	30.8	21.1-42.5	58	69.2	57.5-78.9
AGE
18-44	134	27	19.8	13.3-28.5	107	80.2	71.5-86.7
45+	256	58	21.6	16.6-27.6	198	78.4	72.4-83.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	196	51	24.3	18.3-31.4	145	75.7	68.6-81.7
Some College +	195	34	17.4	12.2-24.3	161	82.6	75.7-87.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	59	25.4	19.5-32.2	166	74.6	67.8-80.5
$50,000+	78	11	12.4	6.8-21.7	67	87.6	78.3-93.2

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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	14,543	2,978	19.5	18.7-20.3	11,565	80.5	79.7-81.3
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	392	85	20.9	16.8-25.7	307	79.1	74.3-83.2
GENDER
Male	150	32	19.1	13.3-26.7	118	80.9	73.3-86.7
Female	242	53	22.6	17.4-29.0	189	77.4	71.0-82.6
RACE
White	302	55	18.1	13.7-23.5	247	81.9	76.5-86.3
Other	88	30	30.8	21.1-42.5	58	69.2	57.5-78.9
AGE
18-44	134	27	19.8	13.3-28.5	107	80.2	71.5-86.7
45+	256	58	21.6	16.6-27.6	198	78.4	72.4-83.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	196	51	24.3	18.3-31.4	145	75.7	68.6-81.7
Some College +	195	34	17.4	12.2-24.3	161	82.6	75.7-87.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	59	25.4	19.5-32.2	166	74.6	67.8-80.5
$50,000+	78	11	12.4	6.8-21.7	67	87.6	78.3-93.2

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