BRFSS 2004 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	432	67	14.2	10.9-18.2	365	85.8	81.8-89.1
GENDER
Male	156	15	9.3	5.3-16.0	141	90.7	84.0-94.7
Female	276	52	18.5	14.0-24.0	224	81.5	76.0-86.0
RACE
White	313	28	8.6	5.8-12.6	285	91.4	87.4-94.2
Other	117	39	28.6	20.3-38.5	78	71.4	61.5-79.7
AGE
18-44	166	33	17.9	12.3-25.4	133	82.1	74.6-87.7
45+	265	34	11.4	8.0-16.1	231	88.6	83.9-92.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	157	32	21.7	15.1-30.2	125	78.3	69.8-84.9
Some College +	275	35	9.8	6.9-13.9	240	90.2	86.1-93.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	227	51	21.2	15.9-27.7	176	78.8	72.3-84.1
$50,000+	135	8	4.3	2.0- 8.6	127	95.7	91.4-98.0

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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
-Forsyth County	432	67	14.2	10.9-18.2	365	85.8	81.8-89.1
GENDER
Male	156	15	9.3	5.3-16.0	141	90.7	84.0-94.7
Female	276	52	18.5	14.0-24.0	224	81.5	76.0-86.0
RACE
White	313	28	8.6	5.8-12.6	285	91.4	87.4-94.2
Other	117	39	28.6	20.3-38.5	78	71.4	61.5-79.7
AGE
18-44	166	33	17.9	12.3-25.4	133	82.1	74.6-87.7
45+	265	34	11.4	8.0-16.1	231	88.6	83.9-92.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	157	32	21.7	15.1-30.2	125	78.3	69.8-84.9
Some College +	275	35	9.8	6.9-13.9	240	90.2	86.1-93.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	227	51	21.2	15.9-27.7	176	78.8	72.3-84.1
$50,000+	135	8	4.3	2.0- 8.6	127	95.7	91.4-98.0

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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?