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

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

Excluding insurance premiums, in the past year, what would you estimate your family's out-of-pocket healthcare costs have been?

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  Total
Respond.^
No cost <$500 $500-$1499 $1500-$4999 $5000+
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,310 1,476 12.0 11.3-12.8 1,980 15.8 15.0-16.6 2,647 20.5 19.6-21.4 4,047 33.1 32.1-34.2 2,160 18.6 17.7-19.5
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 327 44 14.1 10.3-18.9 41 10.7 7.6-14.9 69 20.8 16.3-26.0 103 31.8 26.2-37.9 70 22.7 17.9-28.2
GENDER
Male 137 23 16.4 10.7-24.3 9 6.3 3.0-12.9 33 21.3 15.1-29.3 43 33.4 25.0-42.9 29 22.6 15.8-31.3
Female 190 21 11.4 7.3-17.3 32 15.8 11.0-22.0 36 20.1 14.4-27.3 60 30.0 23.5-37.5 41 22.7 16.8-29.9
RACE
White 258 36 14.0 9.9-19.4 26 9.6 6.2-14.4 54 20.6 15.7-26.4 84 32.3 26.3-39.0 58 23.5 18.2-29.9
Other 67 8 14.7 6.8-28.7 14 14.5 8.1-24.5 15 21.9 12.6-35.4 19 30.5 17.9-46.9 11 18.4 10.0-31.3
AGE
18-44 119 22 18.4 11.9-27.4 10 5.9 3.1-11.1 30 25.1 17.5-34.6 33 30.0 21.0-40.9 24 20.6 13.6-30.0
45+ 206 22 11.5 7.3-17.6 31 13.8 9.3-19.9 39 18.2 13.1-24.7 68 32.4 25.7-40.0 46 24.1 18.1-31.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 28 19.7 13.4-28.0 21 11.9 7.3-18.9 35 22.7 16.2-30.9 38 26.2 18.5-35.7 27 19.5 13.3-27.6
Some College + 177 15 8.7 5.0-14.8 20 9.7 6.0-15.2 34 19.1 13.5-26.2 65 36.9 29.4-45.2 43 25.6 19.0-33.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 194 31 16.7 11.5-23.7 19 8.4 4.9-14.1 44 20.4 15.0-27.1 61 32.7 25.3-41.0 39 21.9 15.9-29.2
$50,000+ 75 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 12 14.6 8.0-25.2 15 22.2 13.5-34.3 25 34.0 23.2-46.7 21 28.0 18.3-40.3

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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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