BRFSS 2004 - Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	442	64	14.2	10.9-18.3	378	85.8	81.7-89.1
GENDER
Male	173	18	10.9	6.7-17.0	155	89.1	83.0-93.3
Female	269	46	17.8	13.1-23.8	223	82.2	76.2-86.9
RACE
White	353	45	13.2	9.7-17.7	308	86.8	82.3-90.3
Other	87	19	17.1	10.1-27.5	68	82.9	72.5-89.9
AGE
18-44	145	30	16.4	11.1-23.7	115	83.6	76.3-88.9
45+	294	34	12.9	8.9-18.3	260	87.1	81.7-91.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	180	27	14.2	9.2-21.2	153	85.8	78.8-90.8
Some College +	261	37	14.3	10.2-19.7	224	85.7	80.3-89.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	229	44	18.2	13.1-24.7	185	81.8	75.3-86.9
$50,000+	116	11	9.1	4.9-16.4	105	90.9	83.6-95.1

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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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	442	64	14.2	10.9-18.3	378	85.8	81.7-89.1
GENDER
Male	173	18	10.9	6.7-17.0	155	89.1	83.0-93.3
Female	269	46	17.8	13.1-23.8	223	82.2	76.2-86.9
RACE
White	353	45	13.2	9.7-17.7	308	86.8	82.3-90.3
Other	87	19	17.1	10.1-27.5	68	82.9	72.5-89.9
AGE
18-44	145	30	16.4	11.1-23.7	115	83.6	76.3-88.9
45+	294	34	12.9	8.9-18.3	260	87.1	81.7-91.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	180	27	14.2	9.2-21.2	153	85.8	78.8-90.8
Some College +	261	37	14.3	10.2-19.7	224	85.7	80.3-89.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	229	44	18.2	13.1-24.7	185	81.8	75.3-86.9
$50,000+	116	11	9.1	4.9-16.4	105	90.9	83.6-95.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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?