BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	581	81	13.8	10.7-17.7	500	86.2	82.3-89.3
GENDER
Male	202	28	14.6	9.7-21.3	174	85.4	78.7-90.3
Female	379	53	13.2	9.6-17.9	326	86.8	82.1-90.4
RACE
White	488	73	14.6	11.2-18.8	415	85.4	81.2-88.8
Other	90	8	8.0	3.1-19.6	82	92.0	80.4-96.9
AGE
18-44	198	44	23.5	17.1-31.3	154	76.5	68.7-82.9
45+	378	37	8.1	5.3-12.1	341	91.9	87.9-94.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	275	50	19.4	14.1-25.9	225	80.6	74.1-85.9
Some College +	302	31	9.1	5.9-13.8	271	90.9	86.2-94.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	337	63	21.0	16.0-27.2	274	79.0	72.8-84.0
$50,000+	120	10	6.3	2.9-13.0	110	93.7	87.0-97.1

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	581	81	13.8	10.7-17.7	500	86.2	82.3-89.3
GENDER
Male	202	28	14.6	9.7-21.3	174	85.4	78.7-90.3
Female	379	53	13.2	9.6-17.9	326	86.8	82.1-90.4
RACE
White	488	73	14.6	11.2-18.8	415	85.4	81.2-88.8
Other	90	8	8.0	3.1-19.6	82	92.0	80.4-96.9
AGE
18-44	198	44	23.5	17.1-31.3	154	76.5	68.7-82.9
45+	378	37	8.1	5.3-12.1	341	91.9	87.9-94.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	275	50	19.4	14.1-25.9	225	80.6	74.1-85.9
Some College +	302	31	9.1	5.9-13.8	271	90.9	86.2-94.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	337	63	21.0	16.0-27.2	274	79.0	72.8-84.0
$50,000+	120	10	6.3	2.9-13.0	110	93.7	87.0-97.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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?