BRFSS 2004 - Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	344	53	14.2	10.7-18.7	291	85.8	81.3-89.3
GENDER
Male	134	14	8.9	4.9-15.7	120	91.1	84.3-95.1
Female	210	39	19.5	14.2-26.1	171	80.5	73.9-85.8
RACE
White	288	41	12.6	9.1-17.1	247	87.4	82.9-90.9
Other	54	12	21.6	11.5-36.9	42	78.4	63.1-88.5
AGE
18-44	117	31	23.5	16.1-32.9	86	76.5	67.1-83.9
45+	225	22	8.5	5.4-13.1	203	91.5	86.9-94.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	129	24	16.8	10.7-25.3	105	83.2	74.7-89.3
Some College +	214	29	12.5	8.6-17.9	185	87.5	82.1-91.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	185	39	20.2	14.5-27.4	146	79.8	72.6-85.5
$50,000+	94	8	7.5	3.6-15.0	86	92.5	85.0-96.4

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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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	344	53	14.2	10.7-18.7	291	85.8	81.3-89.3
GENDER
Male	134	14	8.9	4.9-15.7	120	91.1	84.3-95.1
Female	210	39	19.5	14.2-26.1	171	80.5	73.9-85.8
RACE
White	288	41	12.6	9.1-17.1	247	87.4	82.9-90.9
Other	54	12	21.6	11.5-36.9	42	78.4	63.1-88.5
AGE
18-44	117	31	23.5	16.1-32.9	86	76.5	67.1-83.9
45+	225	22	8.5	5.4-13.1	203	91.5	86.9-94.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	129	24	16.8	10.7-25.3	105	83.2	74.7-89.3
Some College +	214	29	12.5	8.6-17.9	185	87.5	82.1-91.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	185	39	20.2	14.5-27.4	146	79.8	72.6-85.5
$50,000+	94	8	7.5	3.6-15.0	86	92.5	85.0-96.4

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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?