BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	391	63	16.3	12.6-20.8	328	83.7	79.2-87.4
GENDER
Male	150	24	15.8	10.5-23.2	126	84.2	76.8-89.5
Female	241	39	16.8	12.2-22.7	202	83.2	77.3-87.8
RACE
White	302	38	13.2	9.5-18.1	264	86.8	81.9-90.5
Other	87	25	27.4	18.1-39.4	62	72.6	60.6-81.9
AGE
18-44	133	25	17.4	11.6-25.2	108	82.6	74.8-88.4
45+	256	38	15.8	11.3-21.7	218	84.2	78.3-88.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	195	40	21.0	15.3-28.2	155	79.0	71.8-84.7
Some College +	195	23	11.6	7.5-17.5	172	88.4	82.5-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	224	51	23.8	18.0-30.7	173	76.2	69.3-82.0
$50,000+	78	6	7.1	3.1-15.6	72	92.9	84.4-96.9

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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	14,531	2,442	16.1	15.4-16.8	12,089	83.9	83.2-84.6
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	391	63	16.3	12.6-20.8	328	83.7	79.2-87.4
GENDER
Male	150	24	15.8	10.5-23.2	126	84.2	76.8-89.5
Female	241	39	16.8	12.2-22.7	202	83.2	77.3-87.8
RACE
White	302	38	13.2	9.5-18.1	264	86.8	81.9-90.5
Other	87	25	27.4	18.1-39.4	62	72.6	60.6-81.9
AGE
18-44	133	25	17.4	11.6-25.2	108	82.6	74.8-88.4
45+	256	38	15.8	11.3-21.7	218	84.2	78.3-88.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	195	40	21.0	15.3-28.2	155	79.0	71.8-84.7
Some College +	195	23	11.6	7.5-17.5	172	88.4	82.5-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	224	51	23.8	18.0-30.7	173	76.2	69.3-82.0
$50,000+	78	6	7.1	3.1-15.6	72	92.9	84.4-96.9

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