BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	356	55	16.8	12.8-21.7	301	83.2	78.3-87.2
GENDER
Male	136	19	14.8	9.4-22.6	117	85.2	77.4-90.6
Female	220	36	18.6	13.3-25.4	184	81.4	74.6-86.7
RACE
White	316	44	15.0	11.0-20.0	272	85.0	80.0-89.0
Other	38	11	31.2	17.4-49.5	27	68.8	50.5-82.6
AGE
18-44	131	26	18.1	12.0-26.2	105	81.9	73.8-88.0
45+	225	29	15.9	11.0-22.5	196	84.1	77.5-89.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	125	23	20.8	13.8-30.0	102	79.2	70.0-86.2
Some College +	231	32	14.6	10.1-20.6	199	85.4	79.4-89.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	204	42	23.0	17.0-30.3	162	77.0	69.7-83.0
$50,000+	89	5	6.7	2.7-15.7	84	93.3	84.3-97.3

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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	14,531	2,442	16.1	15.4-16.8	12,089	83.9	83.2-84.6
-Buncombe County	356	55	16.8	12.8-21.7	301	83.2	78.3-87.2
GENDER
Male	136	19	14.8	9.4-22.6	117	85.2	77.4-90.6
Female	220	36	18.6	13.3-25.4	184	81.4	74.6-86.7
RACE
White	316	44	15.0	11.0-20.0	272	85.0	80.0-89.0
Other	38	11	31.2	17.4-49.5	27	68.8	50.5-82.6
AGE
18-44	131	26	18.1	12.0-26.2	105	81.9	73.8-88.0
45+	225	29	15.9	11.0-22.5	196	84.1	77.5-89.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	125	23	20.8	13.8-30.0	102	79.2	70.0-86.2
Some College +	231	32	14.6	10.1-20.6	199	85.4	79.4-89.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	204	42	23.0	17.0-30.3	162	77.0	69.7-83.0
$50,000+	89	5	6.7	2.7-15.7	84	93.3	84.3-97.3

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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?