BRFSS 2004 - Catawba 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
-Catawba County	365	53	16.9	12.2-23.0	312	83.1	77.0-87.8
GENDER
Male	146	18	16.6	9.5-27.4	128	83.4	72.6-90.5
Female	219	35	17.2	12.3-23.7	184	82.8	76.3-87.7
RACE
White	333	47	17.2	12.1-23.8	286	82.8	76.2-87.9
Other	30	6	16.1	6.5-34.8	24	83.9	65.2-93.5
AGE
18-44	145	30	22.2	14.2-32.9	115	77.8	67.1-85.8
45+	217	23	12.3	7.8-18.9	194	87.7	81.1-92.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	192	34	21.2	13.8-30.9	158	78.8	69.1-86.2
Some College +	172	18	10.8	6.7-17.0	154	89.2	83.0-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	212	44	24.6	17.2-33.9	168	75.4	66.1-82.8
$50,000+	76	6	8.8	3.9-18.6	70	91.2	81.4-96.1

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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
-Catawba County	365	53	16.9	12.2-23.0	312	83.1	77.0-87.8
GENDER
Male	146	18	16.6	9.5-27.4	128	83.4	72.6-90.5
Female	219	35	17.2	12.3-23.7	184	82.8	76.3-87.7
RACE
White	333	47	17.2	12.1-23.8	286	82.8	76.2-87.9
Other	30	6	16.1	6.5-34.8	24	83.9	65.2-93.5
AGE
18-44	145	30	22.2	14.2-32.9	115	77.8	67.1-85.8
45+	217	23	12.3	7.8-18.9	194	87.7	81.1-92.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	192	34	21.2	13.8-30.9	158	78.8	69.1-86.2
Some College +	172	18	10.8	6.7-17.0	154	89.2	83.0-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	212	44	24.6	17.2-33.9	168	75.4	66.1-82.8
$50,000+	76	6	8.8	3.9-18.6	70	91.2	81.4-96.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Catawba 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?