BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	618	93	15.5	12.4-19.2	525	84.5	80.8-87.6
GENDER
Male	239	27	12.0	8.0-17.8	212	88.0	82.2-92.0
Female	379	66	18.8	14.6-23.9	313	81.2	76.1-85.4
RACE
White	433	50	10.7	7.9-14.3	383	89.3	85.7-92.1
Other	182	43	25.7	18.8-34.1	139	74.3	65.9-81.2
AGE
18-44	307	50	16.8	12.6-22.1	257	83.2	77.9-87.4
45+	310	43	14.1	9.9-19.6	267	85.9	80.4-90.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	172	37	24.7	17.6-33.4	135	75.3	66.6-82.4
Some College +	445	56	11.5	8.6-15.1	389	88.5	84.9-91.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	258	64	27.0	20.9-34.1	194	73.0	65.9-79.1
$50,000+	239	15	6.2	3.6-10.5	224	93.8	89.5-96.4

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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
-Mecklenburg County	618	93	15.5	12.4-19.2	525	84.5	80.8-87.6
GENDER
Male	239	27	12.0	8.0-17.8	212	88.0	82.2-92.0
Female	379	66	18.8	14.6-23.9	313	81.2	76.1-85.4
RACE
White	433	50	10.7	7.9-14.3	383	89.3	85.7-92.1
Other	182	43	25.7	18.8-34.1	139	74.3	65.9-81.2
AGE
18-44	307	50	16.8	12.6-22.1	257	83.2	77.9-87.4
45+	310	43	14.1	9.9-19.6	267	85.9	80.4-90.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	172	37	24.7	17.6-33.4	135	75.3	66.6-82.4
Some College +	445	56	11.5	8.6-15.1	389	88.5	84.9-91.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	258	64	27.0	20.9-34.1	194	73.0	65.9-79.1
$50,000+	239	15	6.2	3.6-10.5	224	93.8	89.5-96.4

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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?