BRFSS 2004 - Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	409	66	15.6	12.0-20.1	343	84.4	79.9-88.0
GENDER
Male	151	23	15.5	10.0-23.2	128	84.5	76.8-90.0
Female	258	43	15.7	11.4-21.3	215	84.3	78.7-88.6
RACE
White	344	53	15.9	11.8-21.0	291	84.1	79.0-88.2
Other	62	13	15.1	8.1-26.6	49	84.9	73.4-91.9
AGE
18-44	170	34	18.5	12.6-26.2	136	81.5	73.8-87.4
45+	238	32	13.2	9.2-18.7	206	86.8	81.3-90.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	192	32	14.7	10.1-20.9	160	85.3	79.1-89.9
Some College +	216	33	16.1	11.0-23.0	183	83.9	77.0-89.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	199	40	21.7	15.5-29.5	159	78.3	70.5-84.5
$50,000+	112	13	10.9	6.0-19.2	99	89.1	80.8-94.0

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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
-Cabarrus County	409	66	15.6	12.0-20.1	343	84.4	79.9-88.0
GENDER
Male	151	23	15.5	10.0-23.2	128	84.5	76.8-90.0
Female	258	43	15.7	11.4-21.3	215	84.3	78.7-88.6
RACE
White	344	53	15.9	11.8-21.0	291	84.1	79.0-88.2
Other	62	13	15.1	8.1-26.6	49	84.9	73.4-91.9
AGE
18-44	170	34	18.5	12.6-26.2	136	81.5	73.8-87.4
45+	238	32	13.2	9.2-18.7	206	86.8	81.3-90.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	192	32	14.7	10.1-20.9	160	85.3	79.1-89.9
Some College +	216	33	16.1	11.0-23.0	183	83.9	77.0-89.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	199	40	21.7	15.5-29.5	159	78.3	70.5-84.5
$50,000+	112	13	10.9	6.0-19.2	99	89.1	80.8-94.0

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Cabarrus 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?