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

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages (Age under 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
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 (Excludes Buncombe County) 237 191 79.5 71.7-85.7 46 20.5 14.3-28.3
GENDER
Male 91 69 75.2 61.9-84.9 22 24.8 15.1-38.1
Female 146 122 84.0 75.2-90.0 24 16.0 10.0-24.8
RACE
White 190 161 83.6 75.7-89.4 29 16.4 10.6-24.3
Other 46 30 55.7 33.4-76.0 16 44.3 24.0-66.6
AGE
18-44 132 99 71.6 60.1-80.8 33 28.4 19.2-39.9
45+ 105 92 91.1 83.0-95.6 13 8.9 4.4-17.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 97 67 66.0 52.9-77.0 30 34.0 23.0-47.1
Some College + 140 124 89.0 78.6-94.7 16 11.0 5.3-21.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 141 102 71.6 60.9-80.3 39 28.4 19.7-39.1
$50,000+ 65 60 91.1 78.5-96.7 5 8.9 3.3-21.5

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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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