BRFSS 2004 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	353	65	17.9	13.7-23.1	288	82.1	76.9-86.3
GENDER
Male	127	22	17.5	11.0-26.7	105	82.5	73.3-89.0
Female	226	43	18.3	13.4-24.5	183	81.7	75.5-86.6
RACE
White	219	29	11.6	7.8-16.9	190	88.4	83.1-92.2
Other	133	36	27.8	19.4-38.2	97	72.2	61.8-80.6
AGE
18-44	130	26	16.1	10.7-23.7	104	83.9	76.3-89.3
45+	221	39	19.1	13.4-26.5	182	80.9	73.5-86.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	46	23.6	17.1-31.6	151	76.4	68.4-82.9
Some College +	155	19	11.1	6.8-17.5	136	88.9	82.5-93.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	202	46	23.9	17.4-32.0	156	76.1	68.0-82.6
$50,000+	69	6	6.6	2.8-14.8	63	93.4	85.2-97.2

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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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	353	65	17.9	13.7-23.1	288	82.1	76.9-86.3
GENDER
Male	127	22	17.5	11.0-26.7	105	82.5	73.3-89.0
Female	226	43	18.3	13.4-24.5	183	81.7	75.5-86.6
RACE
White	219	29	11.6	7.8-16.9	190	88.4	83.1-92.2
Other	133	36	27.8	19.4-38.2	97	72.2	61.8-80.6
AGE
18-44	130	26	16.1	10.7-23.7	104	83.9	76.3-89.3
45+	221	39	19.1	13.4-26.5	182	80.9	73.5-86.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	46	23.6	17.1-31.6	151	76.4	68.4-82.9
Some College +	155	19	11.1	6.8-17.5	136	88.9	82.5-93.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	202	46	23.9	17.4-32.0	156	76.1	68.0-82.6
$50,000+	69	6	6.6	2.8-14.8	63	93.4	85.2-97.2

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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?