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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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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  Total
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
-Gaston County 352 182 49.7 43.8-55.6 37 10.5 7.4-14.7 32 11.0 7.6-15.6 101 28.9 23.8-34.6
GENDER
Male 128 75 54.2 44.5-63.5 8 6.8 3.3-13.6 15 12.8 7.6-20.8 30 26.2 18.5-35.8
Female 224 107 45.9 38.7-53.3 29 13.5 9.2-19.5 17 9.5 5.7-15.4 71 31.1 24.7-38.3
RACE
White 292 156 51.1 44.6-57.6 32 10.8 7.4-15.6 24 9.6 6.2-14.5 80 28.5 22.8-34.9
Other 60 26 43.7 30.3-58.0 5 8.9 3.5-20.9 8 16.8 8.4-30.8 21 30.6 19.8-44.1
AGE
18-44 130 59 43.8 34.7-53.2 19 13.1 8.1-20.7 18 16.9 10.5-26.0 34 26.2 18.7-35.4
45+ 220 122 53.9 46.2-61.3 18 8.6 5.2-14.1 14 6.8 3.9-11.6 66 30.7 24.0-38.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 97 51.0 43.0-59.0 14 6.8 3.9-11.8 19 12.4 7.8-19.3 57 29.7 22.9-37.6
Some College + 164 85 48.5 39.9-57.2 23 14.4 9.3-21.8 13 9.5 5.3-16.4 43 27.6 20.4-36.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 97 41.6 34.3-49.2 23 9.9 6.3-15.2 18 11.6 7.1-18.3 74 36.9 29.7-44.7
$50,000+ 74 45 60.7 48.3-71.9 10 14.9 7.9-26.4 8 9.5 4.6-18.7 11 14.8 8.0-25.9

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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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