BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg County: (Did your household take a tax deduction for health care expenses in the last federal tax return your household filed?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	13,280	2,068	16.1	15.3-16.9	11,212	83.9	83.1-84.7
-Mecklenburg County	556	90	16.7	13.4-20.5	466	83.3	79.5-86.6
GENDER
Male	215	37	19.8	14.5-26.5	178	80.2	73.5-85.5
Female	341	53	13.6	10.2-17.9	288	86.4	82.1-89.8
RACE
White	397	75	19.5	15.4-24.4	322	80.5	75.6-84.6
Other	156	15	10.1	5.7-17.2	141	89.9	82.8-94.3
AGE
18-44	272	28	11.3	7.6-16.4	244	88.7	83.6-92.4
45+	283	62	22.6	17.4-28.9	221	77.4	71.1-82.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	145	17	13.2	8.0-21.1	128	86.8	78.9-92.0
Some College +	410	72	17.8	14.0-22.5	338	82.2	77.5-86.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	235	36	17.1	12.0-23.9	199	82.9	76.1-88.0
$50,000+	216	35	15.7	11.1-21.6	181	84.3	78.4-88.9

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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	13,280	2,068	16.1	15.3-16.9	11,212	83.9	83.1-84.7
-Mecklenburg County	556	90	16.7	13.4-20.5	466	83.3	79.5-86.6
GENDER
Male	215	37	19.8	14.5-26.5	178	80.2	73.5-85.5
Female	341	53	13.6	10.2-17.9	288	86.4	82.1-89.8
RACE
White	397	75	19.5	15.4-24.4	322	80.5	75.6-84.6
Other	156	15	10.1	5.7-17.2	141	89.9	82.8-94.3
AGE
18-44	272	28	11.3	7.6-16.4	244	88.7	83.6-92.4
45+	283	62	22.6	17.4-28.9	221	77.4	71.1-82.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	145	17	13.2	8.0-21.1	128	86.8	78.9-92.0
Some College +	410	72	17.8	14.0-22.5	338	82.2	77.5-86.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	235	36	17.1	12.0-23.9	199	82.9	76.1-88.0
$50,000+	216	35	15.7	11.1-21.6	181	84.3	78.4-88.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

Did your household take a tax deduction for health care expenses in the last federal tax return your household filed?