BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	357	76	22.3	17.8-27.6	281	77.7	72.4-82.2
GENDER
Male	137	23	18.0	11.9-26.2	114	82.0	73.8-88.1
Female	220	53	26.4	20.3-33.6	167	73.6	66.4-79.7
RACE
White	317	64	20.6	16.1-26.0	253	79.4	74.0-83.9
Other	38	12	36.0	20.5-55.1	26	64.0	44.9-79.5
AGE
18-44	131	33	23.9	16.8-32.8	98	76.1	67.2-83.2
45+	226	43	21.3	15.7-28.1	183	78.7	71.9-84.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	125	31	27.4	19.3-37.3	94	72.6	62.7-80.7
Some College +	232	45	19.5	14.5-25.8	187	80.5	74.2-85.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	204	55	29.0	22.4-36.7	149	71.0	63.3-77.6
$50,000+	89	7	10.1	4.7-20.2	82	89.9	79.8-95.3

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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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	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
-Buncombe County	357	76	22.3	17.8-27.6	281	77.7	72.4-82.2
GENDER
Male	137	23	18.0	11.9-26.2	114	82.0	73.8-88.1
Female	220	53	26.4	20.3-33.6	167	73.6	66.4-79.7
RACE
White	317	64	20.6	16.1-26.0	253	79.4	74.0-83.9
Other	38	12	36.0	20.5-55.1	26	64.0	44.9-79.5
AGE
18-44	131	33	23.9	16.8-32.8	98	76.1	67.2-83.2
45+	226	43	21.3	15.7-28.1	183	78.7	71.9-84.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	125	31	27.4	19.3-37.3	94	72.6	62.7-80.7
Some College +	232	45	19.5	14.5-25.8	187	80.5	74.2-85.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	204	55	29.0	22.4-36.7	149	71.0	63.3-77.6
$50,000+	89	7	10.1	4.7-20.2	82	89.9	79.8-95.3

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

In the past year, did you or another family member in your household have any problems paying medical bills?