BRFSS 2004 - Durham 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
-Durham County	396	58	13.4	10.2-17.5	338	86.6	82.5-89.8
GENDER
Male	146	14	9.1	5.2-15.4	132	90.9	84.6-94.8
Female	250	44	17.5	12.9-23.3	206	82.5	76.7-87.1
RACE
White	225	18	8.7	5.4-13.7	207	91.3	86.3-94.6
Other	165	40	19.2	13.6-26.5	125	80.8	73.5-86.4
AGE
18-44	192	31	13.2	9.0-18.8	161	86.8	81.2-91.0
45+	202	27	14.0	9.3-20.5	175	86.0	79.5-90.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	106	20	15.2	9.3-23.9	86	84.8	76.1-90.7
Some College +	290	38	12.6	9.0-17.4	252	87.4	82.6-91.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	180	38	17.3	12.2-24.1	142	82.7	75.9-87.8
$50,000+	141	15	11.6	6.9-18.9	126	88.4	81.1-93.1

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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
-Durham County	396	58	13.4	10.2-17.5	338	86.6	82.5-89.8
GENDER
Male	146	14	9.1	5.2-15.4	132	90.9	84.6-94.8
Female	250	44	17.5	12.9-23.3	206	82.5	76.7-87.1
RACE
White	225	18	8.7	5.4-13.7	207	91.3	86.3-94.6
Other	165	40	19.2	13.6-26.5	125	80.8	73.5-86.4
AGE
18-44	192	31	13.2	9.0-18.8	161	86.8	81.2-91.0
45+	202	27	14.0	9.3-20.5	175	86.0	79.5-90.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	106	20	15.2	9.3-23.9	86	84.8	76.1-90.7
Some College +	290	38	12.6	9.0-17.4	252	87.4	82.6-91.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	180	38	17.3	12.2-24.1	142	82.7	75.9-87.8
$50,000+	141	15	11.6	6.9-18.9	126	88.4	81.1-93.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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?