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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

Excluding insurance premiums, in the past year, what would you estimate your family's out-of-pocket healthcare costs have been?

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  Total
Respond.^
No cost <$500 $500-$1499 $1500-$4999 $5000+
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,310 1,476 12.0 11.3-12.8 1,980 15.8 15.0-16.6 2,647 20.5 19.6-21.4 4,047 33.1 32.1-34.2 2,160 18.6 17.7-19.5
-Durham County 339 24 8.2 5.4-12.4 72 21.3 16.5-26.9 79 20.7 16.4-25.7 110 32.0 26.6-37.8 54 17.9 13.6-23.3
GENDER
Male 128 10 9.1 4.7-16.7 30 22.2 15.0-31.5 29 19.9 13.6-28.1 39 28.6 20.9-37.9 20 20.3 13.2-29.9
Female 211 14 7.4 4.3-12.6 42 20.4 14.7-27.6 50 21.4 16.2-27.8 71 35.0 28.2-42.5 34 15.7 11.3-21.6
RACE
White 204 9 4.3 2.2- 8.5 35 16.5 11.8-22.6 43 21.0 15.6-27.8 75 33.6 27.1-40.9 42 24.5 18.1-32.2
Other 131 14 12.5 7.2-20.8 36 28.3 19.6-38.9 34 19.7 13.6-27.7 35 30.5 21.9-40.7 12 9.1 4.9-16.3
AGE
18-44 162 12 9.1 5.0-15.9 41 25.8 18.5-34.8 44 23.0 16.8-30.6 44 27.2 20.3-35.4 21 14.9 9.6-22.3
45+ 175 12 7.4 4.0-13.3 30 16.3 11.2-23.2 35 18.5 13.1-25.5 65 36.1 28.5-44.4 33 21.6 15.1-30.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 77 14 18.3 10.6-30.0 19 23.5 14.9-34.9 12 12.8 7.0-22.2 27 36.9 25.7-49.6 5 8.6 3.1-21.7
Some College + 262 10 5.1 2.7- 9.7 53 20.6 15.2-27.3 67 23.1 18.0-29.1 83 30.5 24.6-37.0 49 20.7 15.6-27.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 15 10.9 6.3-18.3 35 22.8 15.5-32.3 40 24.1 17.3-32.5 45 26.8 19.7-35.4 18 15.3 9.3-24.2
$50,000+ 131 3 2.7 0.8- 8.4 22 17.4 11.4-25.6 31 21.2 14.8-29.4 47 36.0 27.6-45.3 28 22.7 15.6-31.8

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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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