BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County): (Excluding insurance premiums, in the past year, what would you estimate your family's out-of-pocket healthcare costs have been?)

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

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

Excluding insurance premiums, in the past year, what would you estimate your family's out-of-pocket healthcare costs have been?

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	Total Respond.^	No cost	<$500	$500-$1499	$1500-$4999	$5000+
North Carolina	12,310	1,476	12.0	11.3-12.8	1,980	15.8	15.0-16.6	2,647	20.5	19.6-21.4	4,047	33.1	32.1-34.2	2,160	18.6	17.7-19.5
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	489	66	11.6	8.4-16.0	75	15.9	12.3-20.3	100	18.2	14.5-22.6	148	33.1	28.2-38.5	100	21.2	17.2-25.8
GENDER
Male	180	26	13.6	8.2-21.7	22	14.5	9.3-21.9	36	17.3	11.8-24.8	54	33.0	25.4-41.6	42	21.6	15.7-29.1
Female	309	40	9.9	6.6-14.5	53	17.1	12.6-22.8	64	19.0	14.4-24.5	94	33.3	27.2-40.0	58	20.8	15.7-26.9
RACE
White	418	45	8.8	6.0-12.7	61	15.6	11.8-20.3	82	18.3	14.4-23.0	133	34.4	29.2-40.1	97	22.9	18.6-27.8
Other	68	19	36.7	19.6-58.0	13	18.8	8.9-35.3	18	17.9	8.7-33.2	15	21.7	10.4-39.8	3	4.9	0.8-23.7
AGE
18-44	177	28	14.0	8.1-23.0	36	21.1	14.8-29.2	25	13.0	8.1-20.0	51	32.8	24.9-41.9	37	19.1	13.3-26.7
45+	311	38	10.1	6.9-14.6	39	12.3	8.5-17.7	74	21.4	16.5-27.4	97	33.5	27.4-40.2	63	22.7	17.5-28.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	215	41	15.2	10.2-22.0	36	17.6	12.1-24.9	53	25.0	18.3-33.0	54	24.7	18.4-32.4	31	17.6	12.1-24.9
Some College +	271	24	8.5	4.7-14.8	38	14.7	10.3-20.5	46	13.2	9.5-18.0	94	39.6	32.8-46.9	69	24.0	18.6-30.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	285	40	11.4	7.4-17.1	53	18.4	13.5-24.5	68	22.8	17.3-29.3	78	29.4	23.2-36.4	46	18.1	13.2-24.2
$50,000+	109	4	4.8	1.5-13.7	9	8.5	4.0-16.9	18	13.3	7.7-21.8	41	41.4	31.3-52.3	37	32.1	23.1-42.7

Total
Respond.^

No cost

<$500

$500-$1499

$1500-$4999

$5000+

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

12,310

1,476

12.0

11.3-12.8

1,980

15.8

15.0-16.6

2,647

20.5

19.6-21.4

4,047

33.1

32.1-34.2

2,160

18.6

17.7-19.5

-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

489

11.6

8.4-16.0

15.9

12.3-20.3

100

18.2

14.5-22.6

148

33.1

28.2-38.5

100

21.2

17.2-25.8

GENDER

Male

180

13.6

8.2-21.7

14.5

9.3-21.9

17.3

11.8-24.8

33.0

25.4-41.6

21.6

15.7-29.1

Female

309

9.9

6.6-14.5

17.1

12.6-22.8

19.0

14.4-24.5

33.3

27.2-40.0

20.8

15.7-26.9

RACE

White

418

8.8

6.0-12.7

15.6

11.8-20.3

18.3

14.4-23.0

133

34.4

29.2-40.1

22.9

18.6-27.8

Other

36.7

19.6-58.0

18.8

8.9-35.3

17.9

8.7-33.2

21.7

10.4-39.8

4.9

0.8-23.7

AGE

18-44

177

14.0

8.1-23.0

21.1

14.8-29.2

13.0

8.1-20.0

32.8

24.9-41.9

19.1

13.3-26.7

45+

311

10.1

6.9-14.6

12.3

8.5-17.7

21.4

16.5-27.4

33.5

27.4-40.2

22.7

17.5-28.8

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

215

15.2

10.2-22.0

17.6

12.1-24.9

25.0

18.3-33.0

24.7

18.4-32.4

17.6

12.1-24.9

Some College +

271

8.5

4.7-14.8

14.7

10.3-20.5

13.2

9.5-18.0

39.6

32.8-46.9

24.0

18.6-30.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

285

11.4

7.4-17.1

18.4

13.5-24.5

22.8

17.3-29.3

29.4

23.2-36.4

18.1

13.2-24.2

$50,000+

109

4.8

1.5-13.7

8.5

4.0-16.9

13.3

7.7-21.8

41.4

31.3-52.3

32.1

23.1-42.7

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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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