BRFSS 2004 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	362	78	23.6	18.9-29.1	284	76.4	70.9-81.1
GENDER
Male	132	24	20.6	13.7-29.7	108	79.4	70.3-86.3
Female	230	54	26.1	20.1-33.3	176	73.9	66.7-79.9
RACE
White	301	57	21.5	16.4-27.5	244	78.5	72.5-83.6
Other	60	21	33.5	21.8-47.5	39	66.5	52.5-78.2
AGE
18-44	133	41	30.4	22.5-39.6	92	69.6	60.4-77.5
45+	226	36	18.7	13.2-25.8	190	81.3	74.2-86.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	193	45	24.6	18.3-32.2	148	75.4	67.8-81.7
Some College +	168	32	22.2	15.6-30.6	136	77.8	69.4-84.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	218	49	26.0	19.6-33.6	169	74.0	66.4-80.4
$50,000+	75	16	19.0	11.5-29.7	59	81.0	70.3-88.5

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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
-Gaston County	362	78	23.6	18.9-29.1	284	76.4	70.9-81.1
GENDER
Male	132	24	20.6	13.7-29.7	108	79.4	70.3-86.3
Female	230	54	26.1	20.1-33.3	176	73.9	66.7-79.9
RACE
White	301	57	21.5	16.4-27.5	244	78.5	72.5-83.6
Other	60	21	33.5	21.8-47.5	39	66.5	52.5-78.2
AGE
18-44	133	41	30.4	22.5-39.6	92	69.6	60.4-77.5
45+	226	36	18.7	13.2-25.8	190	81.3	74.2-86.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	193	45	24.6	18.3-32.2	148	75.4	67.8-81.7
Some College +	168	32	22.2	15.6-30.6	136	77.8	69.4-84.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	218	49	26.0	19.6-33.6	169	74.0	66.4-80.4
$50,000+	75	16	19.0	11.5-29.7	59	81.0	70.3-88.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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?