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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 790 182 22.9 19.4-26.9 283 36.6 32.5-40.9 205 24.5 21.0-28.3 84 11.5 9.0-14.5 36 4.5 3.1- 6.7
GENDER
Male 306 57 21.1 15.9-27.5 119 38.0 31.6-44.9 83 26.4 21.0-32.7 31 10.0 6.9-14.4 16 4.4 2.5- 7.8
Female 484 125 24.6 20.2-29.7 164 35.2 30.2-40.6 122 22.6 18.5-27.2 53 12.9 9.5-17.3 20 4.7 2.8- 7.7
RACE
White 677 152 22.1 18.5-26.1 222 34.3 30.1-38.8 189 25.7 22.0-29.8 79 12.8 10.1-16.2 35 5.1 3.4- 7.5
African American 43 15 33.8 19.0-52.7 16 32.7 18.8-50.5 11 32.2 17.7-51.2 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 31.6 3.9-84.1 1 44.7 6.8-90.0 1 23.7 2.7-77.6 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 44 10 17.1 8.6-31.4 27 66.5 49.9-79.9 6 13.6 5.7-29.1 1 2.7 0.4-16.8 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 116 26 22.1 13.4-34.2 52 47.0 35.1-59.3 28 21.7 13.8-32.4 7 6.0 2.3-15.1 3 3.2 0.9-10.2
35-44 130 23 15.2 9.5-23.5 46 37.2 27.7-47.8 37 25.5 18.0-35.0 18 18.7 11.4-29.2 6 3.3 1.2- 9.0
45-54 158 31 19.6 12.9-28.5 65 38.0 29.3-47.5 34 21.0 14.0-30.3 18 12.8 7.8-20.2 10 8.7 4.1-17.3
55-64 138 37 33.5 24.0-44.7 46 32.2 23.6-42.2 28 17.8 11.5-26.4 18 10.5 6.3-16.9 9 6.0 2.9-11.9
65-74 113 29 23.9 15.9-34.2 35 29.4 20.4-40.2 38 34.8 24.9-46.2 9 10.7 5.3-20.6 2 1.2 0.3- 5.6
75+ 89 25 26.5 16.6-39.5 12 12.2 5.7-24.0 33 39.6 27.7-52.8 13 15.2 8.4-25.8 6 6.6 2.9-14.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 117 31 25.2 15.8-37.7 61 53.5 41.5-65.2 16 13.2 7.3-22.6 9 8.1 4.0-15.7 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 224 58 23.6 17.3-31.3 83 40.9 33.1-49.3 60 22.4 16.7-29.4 15 7.9 4.4-13.9 8 5.1 2.4-10.7
Some Post-H.S. 213 48 23.0 16.8-30.6 73 31.8 24.9-39.5 55 25.2 18.8-32.9 27 14.6 9.7-21.5 10 5.4 2.6-10.6
College Graduate 233 44 20.2 14.5-27.4 64 27.8 21.0-35.7 74 32.4 25.5-40.2 33 13.9 9.5-19.8 18 5.8 3.3- 9.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 112 41 34.0 23.2-46.8 49 50.2 37.8-62.6 18 12.6 7.0-21.8 4 3.1 1.1- 8.5 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 142 23 22.3 13.8-34.0 77 50.4 39.9-60.9 26 14.9 9.4-22.9 9 8.6 4.3-16.6 7 3.7 1.6- 8.5
$25,000- 34,999 108 14 9.8 4.9-18.7 47 45.2 34.2-56.6 32 31.0 21.3-42.7 10 9.8 4.5-20.0 5 4.2 1.7-10.2
$35,000- 49,999 111 22 16.0 9.7-25.2 39 39.0 28.6-50.6 39 33.0 23.5-44.1 8 6.4 3.0-13.2 3 5.6 1.7-16.5
$50,000-74,999 101 20 23.5 14.9-34.9 22 20.7 13.2-30.9 34 31.8 22.5-42.8 21 22.3 13.9-33.8 4 1.7 0.5- 5.7
$75,000+ 78 16 22.0 12.9-34.8 12 16.6 9.0-28.6 21 21.3 12.9-33.0 15 20.6 12.2-32.5 14 19.6 11.1-32.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 269 78 30.4 23.5-38.3 96 35.3 28.6-42.8 69 24.2 18.5-31.0 14 6.3 3.6-11.0 12 3.7 2.0- 6.9
No 498 101 20.1 16.1-24.8 169 35.0 29.9-40.5 136 25.6 21.3-30.5 68 14.1 10.8-18.2 24 5.1 3.2- 8.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 125 27 23.8 15.3-35.1 34 25.4 17.3-35.7 39 34.4 25.1-45.1 18 12.4 7.4-20.1 7 4.0 1.7- 9.4
Non-Veteran 660 153 22.5 18.7-26.7 248 39.3 34.7-44.1 165 22.2 18.7-26.2 66 11.3 8.6-14.7 28 4.7 3.0- 7.1
Currently Serving 4 2 71.8 19.7-96.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 22.9 2.4-78.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.3 0.5-37.6

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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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