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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne Counties

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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 434 252 60.3 54.9-65.6 46 12.1 8.9-16.4 33 6.6 4.5- 9.6 103 20.9 17.0-25.4
GENDER
Male 152 97 66.3 57.6-74.1 19 13.7 8.6-21.1 10 5.1 2.7- 9.6 26 14.8 9.8-21.8
Female 282 155 55.1 48.3-61.6 27 10.8 7.2-15.9 23 7.9 5.0-12.4 77 26.2 20.9-32.4
RACE
White 291 168 58.9 52.3-65.3 30 11.7 7.9-17.0 24 7.6 4.9-11.6 69 21.7 16.9-27.5
Other 140 82 62.6 52.9-71.3 16 13.1 7.8-21.1 9 4.9 2.3-10.3 33 19.5 13.4-27.3
AGE
18-44 190 119 63.5 55.4-71.0 27 15.0 10.0-21.8 16 7.7 4.5-12.8 28 13.8 9.3-20.0
45+ 244 133 57.3 50.0-64.3 19 9.4 5.7-15.1 17 5.6 3.3- 9.4 75 27.7 21.8-34.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 143 60.9 53.7-67.7 24 11.1 7.2-16.6 13 3.5 1.9- 6.4 72 24.5 19.1-30.9
Some College + 181 108 59.3 50.9-67.1 22 13.9 8.9-21.2 20 11.8 7.4-18.3 31 15.1 10.3-21.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 267 151 58.4 51.3-65.1 26 11.4 7.5-16.9 18 5.4 3.2- 8.9 72 24.8 19.5-31.1
$50,000+ 87 52 57.9 46.2-68.7 15 19.7 11.7-31.1 10 12.6 6.7-22.6 10 9.8 4.9-18.5

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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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