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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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Health Insurance Coverage -Age Under 65*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,432 9,325 79.8 78.8-80.8 2,107 20.2 19.2-21.2
-Mountain AHEC 672 513 76.3 71.9-80.1 159 23.7 19.9-28.1
GENDER
Male 248 179 72.4 65.0-78.8 69 27.6 21.2-35.0
Female 424 334 79.6 74.6-83.9 90 20.4 16.1-25.4
RACE
White 569 452 79.0 74.6-82.8 117 21.0 17.2-25.4
African American 36 29 81.8 63.1-92.2 7 18.2 7.8-36.9
Other Minorities 3 2 68.4 15.9-96.1 1 31.6 3.9-84.1
AGE
18-24 48 27 56.6 39.9-71.8 21 43.4 28.2-60.1
25-34 126 86 64.3 51.9-75.0 40 35.7 25.0-48.1
35-44 154 121 79.2 70.3-86.0 33 20.8 14.0-29.7
45-54 182 144 82.3 74.6-88.0 38 17.7 12.0-25.4
55-64 162 135 84.2 76.9-89.5 27 15.8 10.5-23.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 88 50 60.0 46.3-72.4 38 40.0 27.6-53.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 184 130 68.7 59.9-76.3 54 31.3 23.7-40.1
Some Post-H.S. 186 152 84.8 77.9-89.8 34 15.2 10.2-22.1
College Graduate 213 181 83.9 75.7-89.7 32 16.1 10.3-24.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 77 43 53.2 37.9-67.8 34 46.8 32.2-62.1
$15,000- 24,999 120 68 60.2 48.7-70.7 52 39.8 29.3-51.3
$25,000- 34,999 94 67 69.5 57.4-79.4 27 30.5 20.6-42.6
$35,000- 49,999 102 86 83.8 73.9-90.4 16 16.2 9.6-26.1
$50,000-74,999 93 85 89.8 79.6-95.2 8 10.2 4.8-20.4
$75,000+ 77 74 96.9 90.0-99.1 3 3.1 0.9-10.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 198 146 74.3 66.0-81.1 52 25.7 18.9-34.0
No 453 355 77.9 72.5-82.5 98 22.1 17.5-27.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 62 50 82.4 68.3-91.0 12 17.6 9.0-31.7
Non-Veteran 605 459 75.5 70.8-79.6 146 24.5 20.4-29.2
Currently Serving 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 included

^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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