BRFSS 2004 - Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	452	82	18.2	14.5-22.6	370	81.8	77.4-85.5
GENDER
Male	158	21	13.7	8.9-20.5	137	86.3	79.5-91.1
Female	294	61	22.1	17.1-28.2	233	77.9	71.8-82.9
RACE
White	301	45	15.3	11.1-20.6	256	84.7	79.4-88.9
Other	148	36	23.4	16.6-31.8	112	76.6	68.2-83.4
AGE
18-44	194	39	18.8	13.5-25.5	155	81.2	74.5-86.5
45+	258	43	17.6	12.8-23.8	215	82.4	76.2-87.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	265	46	18.3	13.5-24.2	219	81.7	75.8-86.5
Some College +	186	36	18.1	12.7-25.0	150	81.9	75.0-87.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	276	59	22.3	17.1-28.5	217	77.7	71.5-82.9
$50,000+	87	9	11.4	5.6-21.8	78	88.6	78.2-94.4

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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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	452	82	18.2	14.5-22.6	370	81.8	77.4-85.5
GENDER
Male	158	21	13.7	8.9-20.5	137	86.3	79.5-91.1
Female	294	61	22.1	17.1-28.2	233	77.9	71.8-82.9
RACE
White	301	45	15.3	11.1-20.6	256	84.7	79.4-88.9
Other	148	36	23.4	16.6-31.8	112	76.6	68.2-83.4
AGE
18-44	194	39	18.8	13.5-25.5	155	81.2	74.5-86.5
45+	258	43	17.6	12.8-23.8	215	82.4	76.2-87.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	265	46	18.3	13.5-24.2	219	81.7	75.8-86.5
Some College +	186	36	18.1	12.7-25.0	150	81.9	75.0-87.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	276	59	22.3	17.1-28.5	217	77.7	71.5-82.9
$50,000+	87	9	11.4	5.6-21.8	78	88.6	78.2-94.4

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