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

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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 (Excludes Buncombe County) 413 309 76.6 71.1-81.4 104 23.4 18.6-28.9
GENDER
Male 153 110 73.6 64.0-81.3 43 26.4 18.7-36.0
Female 260 199 79.4 72.9-84.6 61 20.6 15.4-27.1
RACE
White 342 271 79.3 73.6-84.0 71 20.7 16.0-26.4
Other 69 38 58.8 40.3-75.2 31 41.2 24.8-59.7
AGE
18-44 202 137 68.8 60.0-76.4 65 31.2 23.6-40.0
45+ 211 172 84.8 78.3-89.5 39 15.2 10.5-21.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 192 124 66.0 57.2-73.9 68 34.0 26.1-42.8
Some College + 220 185 86.1 79.0-91.1 35 13.9 8.9-21.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 251 163 67.1 59.5-73.9 88 32.9 26.1-40.5
$50,000+ 95 89 93.4 84.6-97.3 6 6.6 2.7-15.4

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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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