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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

What do you think your household has had to give up in the last year to pay health care costs?

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Respond.^
Nothing Only extra activities Only non-necessities Living expenses
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,172 8,738 61.6 60.6-62.6 1,415 10.8 10.2-11.5 1,232 9.0 8.4- 9.6 2,787 18.7 17.9-19.5
-Durham County 391 254 65.2 59.5-70.5 40 9.8 6.8-13.9 42 11.6 8.3-16.1 55 13.4 10.0-17.7
GENDER
Male 143 104 71.5 62.2-79.3 11 5.8 3.0-10.7 15 12.2 7.0-20.4 13 10.5 5.9-18.0
Female 248 150 59.5 52.4-66.2 29 13.4 8.8-20.1 27 11.1 7.6-16.1 42 15.9 11.6-21.5
RACE
White 222 153 68.5 61.3-74.9 24 9.6 6.3-14.4 22 10.7 6.9-16.3 23 11.1 7.0-17.2
Other 163 97 61.0 51.5-69.7 16 10.3 5.6-18.2 19 12.6 7.4-20.6 31 16.1 10.9-23.2
AGE
18-44 190 118 63.4 54.9-71.1 23 11.5 7.0-18.3 28 15.0 9.9-22.2 21 10.1 6.4-15.7
45+ 199 134 66.7 58.9-73.7 17 8.0 4.8-13.1 14 7.9 4.5-13.4 34 17.4 12.0-24.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 103 69 69.3 58.0-78.6 7 6.8 2.8-15.6 6 5.7 2.5-12.7 21 18.2 11.2-28.2
Some College + 288 185 63.5 56.8-69.7 33 11.1 7.5-16.2 36 14.2 9.9-19.9 34 11.3 7.8-16.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 100 57.1 47.9-65.9 22 12.3 7.4-19.6 19 13.5 8.1-21.6 36 17.1 11.7-24.3
$50,000+ 140 104 73.3 64.5-80.6 10 6.0 3.1-11.2 15 10.6 6.3-17.5 11 10.1 5.5-17.8

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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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