BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC**: (Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages (Age under 65)*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	6,987	6,000	83.9	82.6-85.1	987	16.1	14.9-17.4
-Mountain AHEC	386	318	80.3	74.2-85.3	68	19.7	14.7-25.8
GENDER
Male	142	112	75.8	65.2-83.9	30	24.2	16.1-34.8
Female	244	206	84.7	78.1-89.5	38	15.3	10.5-21.9
RACE
White	318	273	84.9	78.8-89.4	45	15.1	10.6-21.2
African American	26	23	92.5	74.0-98.1	3	7.5	1.9-26.0
Other Minorities	2	1	58.6	8.1-95.8	1	41.4	4.2-91.9
AGE
18-24	27	16	55.1	33.7-74.8	11	44.9	25.2-66.3
25-34	89	67	68.2	52.7-80.5	22	31.8	19.5-47.3
35-44	95	81	84.7	72.3-92.1	14	15.3	7.9-27.7
45-54	113	98	90.4	82.0-95.1	15	9.6	4.9-18.0
55-64	62	56	91.4	80.9-96.4	6	8.6	3.6-19.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	39	20	49.4	30.0-68.9	19	50.6	31.1-70.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	101	79	74.9	62.8-84.0	22	25.1	16.0-37.2
Some Post-H.S.	114	100	89.4	80.5-94.5	14	10.6	5.5-19.5
College Graduate	132	119	88.0	75.1-94.7	13	12.0	5.3-24.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	22	11	37.4	14.9-67.0	11	62.6	33.0-85.1
$15,000- 24,999	69	40	57.4	41.5-71.9	29	42.6	28.1-58.5
$25,000- 34,999	62	51	80.3	65.8-89.6	11	19.7	10.4-34.2
$35,000- 49,999	70	65	93.3	83.7-97.4	5	6.7	2.6-16.3
$50,000-74,999	65	59	88.2	74.4-95.0	6	11.8	5.0-25.6
$75,000+	50	50	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	71	56	76.3	60.8-87.0	15	23.7	13.0-39.2
No	306	257	81.9	75.0-87.3	49	18.1	12.7-25.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	32	29	94.2	77.8-98.7	3	5.8	1.3-22.2
Non-Veteran	350	285	78.8	72.2-84.2	65	21.2	15.8-27.8
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 and employed for wages 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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,987	6,000	83.9	82.6-85.1	987	16.1	14.9-17.4
-Mountain AHEC	386	318	80.3	74.2-85.3	68	19.7	14.7-25.8
GENDER
Male	142	112	75.8	65.2-83.9	30	24.2	16.1-34.8
Female	244	206	84.7	78.1-89.5	38	15.3	10.5-21.9
RACE
White	318	273	84.9	78.8-89.4	45	15.1	10.6-21.2
African American	26	23	92.5	74.0-98.1	3	7.5	1.9-26.0
Other Minorities	2	1	58.6	8.1-95.8	1	41.4	4.2-91.9
AGE
18-24	27	16	55.1	33.7-74.8	11	44.9	25.2-66.3
25-34	89	67	68.2	52.7-80.5	22	31.8	19.5-47.3
35-44	95	81	84.7	72.3-92.1	14	15.3	7.9-27.7
45-54	113	98	90.4	82.0-95.1	15	9.6	4.9-18.0
55-64	62	56	91.4	80.9-96.4	6	8.6	3.6-19.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	39	20	49.4	30.0-68.9	19	50.6	31.1-70.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	101	79	74.9	62.8-84.0	22	25.1	16.0-37.2
Some Post-H.S.	114	100	89.4	80.5-94.5	14	10.6	5.5-19.5
College Graduate	132	119	88.0	75.1-94.7	13	12.0	5.3-24.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	22	11	37.4	14.9-67.0	11	62.6	33.0-85.1
$15,000- 24,999	69	40	57.4	41.5-71.9	29	42.6	28.1-58.5
$25,000- 34,999	62	51	80.3	65.8-89.6	11	19.7	10.4-34.2
$35,000- 49,999	70	65	93.3	83.7-97.4	5	6.7	2.6-16.3
$50,000-74,999	65	59	88.2	74.4-95.0	6	11.8	5.0-25.6
$75,000+	50	50	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	71	56	76.3	60.8-87.0	15	23.7	13.0-39.2
No	306	257	81.9	75.0-87.3	49	18.1	12.7-25.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	32	29	94.2	77.8-98.7	3	5.8	1.3-22.2
Non-Veteran	350	285	78.8	72.2-84.2	65	21.2	15.8-27.8
Currently Serving	4	4	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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