BRFSS 2004 - Guilford 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
-Guilford County	411	42	8.0	5.7-11.1	369	92.0	88.9-94.3
GENDER
Male	168	12	6.1	3.2-11.1	156	93.9	88.9-96.8
Female	243	30	10.0	6.8-14.5	213	90.0	85.5-93.2
RACE
White	287	24	6.8	4.4-10.5	263	93.2	89.5-95.6
Other	122	18	10.5	6.2-17.3	104	89.5	82.7-93.8
AGE
18-44	139	20	10.1	6.2-16.2	119	89.9	83.8-93.8
45+	268	21	6.6	4.1-10.4	247	93.4	89.6-95.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	138	16	10.5	6.0-17.7	122	89.5	82.3-94.0
Some College +	272	26	6.7	4.4-10.0	246	93.3	90.0-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	187	26	10.8	7.0-16.2	161	89.2	83.8-93.0
$50,000+	141	6	2.8	1.2- 6.7	135	97.2	93.3-98.8

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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
-Guilford County	411	42	8.0	5.7-11.1	369	92.0	88.9-94.3
GENDER
Male	168	12	6.1	3.2-11.1	156	93.9	88.9-96.8
Female	243	30	10.0	6.8-14.5	213	90.0	85.5-93.2
RACE
White	287	24	6.8	4.4-10.5	263	93.2	89.5-95.6
Other	122	18	10.5	6.2-17.3	104	89.5	82.7-93.8
AGE
18-44	139	20	10.1	6.2-16.2	119	89.9	83.8-93.8
45+	268	21	6.6	4.1-10.4	247	93.4	89.6-95.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	138	16	10.5	6.0-17.7	122	89.5	82.3-94.0
Some College +	272	26	6.7	4.4-10.0	246	93.3	90.0-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	187	26	10.8	7.0-16.2	161	89.2	83.8-93.0
$50,000+	141	6	2.8	1.2- 6.7	135	97.2	93.3-98.8

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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?