BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County): (In the past year, did you or another family member in your household have any problems paying medical bills?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,543	2,978	19.5	18.7-20.3	11,565	80.5	79.7-81.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	580	124	21.8	17.9-26.2	456	78.2	73.8-82.1
GENDER
Male	202	33	18.4	12.9-25.7	169	81.6	74.3-87.1
Female	378	91	24.7	19.7-30.4	287	75.3	69.6-80.3
RACE
White	488	109	22.8	18.6-27.6	379	77.2	72.4-81.4
Other	89	14	13.8	6.5-27.1	75	86.2	72.9-93.5
AGE
18-44	198	54	27.5	20.6-35.7	144	72.5	64.3-79.4
45+	377	70	18.6	14.2-24.0	307	81.4	76.0-85.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	274	77	29.3	22.9-36.5	197	70.7	63.5-77.1
Some College +	302	46	15.5	11.2-21.2	256	84.5	78.8-88.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	336	90	29.6	23.8-36.1	246	70.4	63.9-76.2
$50,000+	120	13	8.6	4.5-16.0	107	91.4	84.0-95.5

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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	14,543	2,978	19.5	18.7-20.3	11,565	80.5	79.7-81.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	580	124	21.8	17.9-26.2	456	78.2	73.8-82.1
GENDER
Male	202	33	18.4	12.9-25.7	169	81.6	74.3-87.1
Female	378	91	24.7	19.7-30.4	287	75.3	69.6-80.3
RACE
White	488	109	22.8	18.6-27.6	379	77.2	72.4-81.4
Other	89	14	13.8	6.5-27.1	75	86.2	72.9-93.5
AGE
18-44	198	54	27.5	20.6-35.7	144	72.5	64.3-79.4
45+	377	70	18.6	14.2-24.0	307	81.4	76.0-85.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	274	77	29.3	22.9-36.5	197	70.7	63.5-77.1
Some College +	302	46	15.5	11.2-21.2	256	84.5	78.8-88.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	336	90	29.6	23.8-36.1	246	70.4	63.9-76.2
$50,000+	120	13	8.6	4.5-16.0	107	91.4	84.0-95.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

In the past year, did you or another family member in your household have any problems paying medical bills?