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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

About how much money does your household pay monthly for health insurance premiums
(this would include any amount your household pays for health insurance either directly or taken out of paychecks)?*

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  Total
Respond.^
No cost <$100 $100-$299 $300-$499 $500+
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,206 2,784 20.9 20.1-21.8 4,692 40.0 38.9-41.2 2,945 23.8 22.8-24.7 1,240 10.5 9.8-11.2 545 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Gaston County 320 64 22.2 17.3-28.0 125 38.7 32.8-44.9 84 25.6 20.6-31.3 33 9.8 6.8-14.0 14 3.8 2.1- 6.5
GENDER
Male 118 26 23.2 15.7-32.8 45 40.5 31.1-50.7 33 25.9 18.3-35.2 10 7.6 4.0-13.7 4 2.9 1.1- 7.8
Female 202 38 21.4 15.4-28.8 80 37.1 30.0-44.8 51 25.3 19.2-32.7 23 11.7 7.5-17.9 10 4.4 2.3- 8.5
RACE
White 264 52 21.9 16.7-28.2 100 37.1 30.7-44.0 70 25.9 20.4-32.3 28 10.4 6.9-15.2 14 4.7 2.7- 8.1
Other 55 12 23.8 12.8-39.9 24 43.6 29.8-58.3 14 24.7 14.6-38.7 5 7.9 3.2-18.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 122 27 24.8 17.1-34.5 52 41.1 31.9-51.0 29 23.6 16.3-32.7 10 7.8 4.1-14.4 4 2.7 1.0- 7.5
45+ 196 37 20.5 14.5-28.0 71 36.1 28.7-44.2 55 27.4 20.9-35.1 23 11.5 7.3-17.5 10 4.6 2.4- 8.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 32 20.8 14.7-28.6 85 49.3 41.0-57.6 41 21.0 15.2-28.3 12 6.9 3.8-12.4 4 2.0 0.8- 5.2
Some College + 146 32 23.7 16.5-32.9 40 26.6 19.2-35.8 43 30.8 23.0-39.9 21 13.1 8.3-20.2 10 5.7 2.9-11.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 39 20.8 15.1-28.1 88 45.2 37.5-53.2 50 23.1 17.3-30.1 18 7.8 4.7-12.9 8 3.1 1.4- 6.4
$50,000+ 69 11 16.1 8.9-27.4 19 26.0 16.3-38.8 22 33.1 22.2-46.2 12 18.3 10.4-30.0 5 6.6 2.6-15.5

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*Asked only of respondents who reported having some type of health insurance.

^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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