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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance-AFRICAN AMERICANS

What do you think your household has had to give up in the last year to pay health care costs?

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  Total
Respond.^
Nothing Only extra activities Only non-necessities Living expenses
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,504 1,473 60.0 57.6-62.4 216 9.3 8.0-10.8 202 8.5 7.2-10.0 613 22.2 20.3-24.2
GENDER
Male 815 513 63.7 59.7-67.5 84 10.1 8.0-12.8 53 7.5 5.5-10.2 165 18.6 15.8-21.8
Female 1,689 960 57.3 54.3-60.2 132 8.6 7.1-10.5 149 9.2 7.6-11.1 448 24.9 22.4-27.5
AGE
18-24 147 111 77.5 68.1-84.8 11 7.7 3.8-14.8 7 4.9 1.8-12.3 18 9.9 5.5-17.1
25-34 443 262 58.9 53.2-64.3 66 14.9 11.3-19.2 45 11.3 8.1-15.5 70 15.0 11.4-19.5
35-44 492 278 59.4 54.0-64.6 60 11.4 8.5-15.1 40 6.2 4.3- 8.9 114 23.0 18.8-27.8
45-54 496 281 56.2 50.7-61.5 42 9.7 6.8-13.8 38 8.3 5.7-12.0 135 25.8 21.3-30.8
55-64 407 237 58.8 52.8-64.5 21 5.8 3.5- 9.3 37 9.8 6.6-14.3 112 25.6 21.0-30.9
65-74 305 178 60.9 53.8-67.6 7 3.2 1.4- 7.4 20 8.8 4.9-15.5 100 27.1 21.6-33.3
75+ 198 118 58.3 49.8-66.2 9 6.6 3.2-13.2 14 8.0 4.3-14.7 57 27.1 20.7-34.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 549 304 54.8 49.6-60.0 31 7.8 5.1-11.7 35 6.1 4.0- 9.2 179 31.3 26.8-36.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 845 511 62.2 58.1-66.1 62 7.3 5.4- 9.6 61 7.2 5.3- 9.8 211 23.3 20.0-27.0
Some Post-H.S. 626 371 61.7 57.0-66.3 63 9.7 7.4-12.6 49 8.0 5.7-11.2 143 20.5 17.0-24.6
College Graduate 479 285 59.5 53.8-64.9 60 13.6 10.1-18.1 57 13.7 10.2-18.2 77 13.2 10.1-17.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 495 245 51.3 45.9-56.7 25 6.2 3.8- 9.9 33 6.0 4.0- 8.8 192 36.5 31.6-41.8
$15,000- 24,999 570 311 53.1 47.9-58.2 52 9.5 6.9-12.9 49 9.7 6.7-13.9 158 27.7 23.4-32.5
$25,000- 34,999 324 192 58.1 51.4-64.5 36 11.5 7.9-16.6 30 9.6 6.3-14.3 66 20.7 15.6-27.0
$35,000- 49,999 291 170 60.7 53.9-67.1 37 11.7 8.0-16.7 28 10.5 7.0-15.6 56 17.1 12.7-22.7
$50,000-74,999 185 121 65.8 57.5-73.3 27 16.0 10.7-23.3 16 7.5 4.3-12.9 21 10.6 6.7-16.5
$75,000+ 141 115 77.5 67.6-85.0 7 4.9 2.1-11.1 9 7.7 3.6-15.7 10 10.0 5.2-18.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 893 441 49.3 45.3-53.4 65 8.9 6.7-11.7 75 8.6 6.6-11.2 312 33.1 29.5-36.9
No 1,585 1,019 65.2 62.2-68.1 151 9.6 8.0-11.5 124 8.3 6.7-10.3 291 16.9 14.8-19.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 295 205 71.4 65.0-77.1 24 8.3 5.4-12.5 25 8.7 5.7-13.3 41 11.6 7.9-16.6
Non-Veteran 2,172 1,238 57.8 55.2-60.4 188 9.4 7.9-11.1 176 8.5 7.1-10.2 570 24.3 22.2-26.5
Currently Serving 37 30 79.1 59.5-90.7 4 12.8 4.3-32.3 1 4.2 0.6-24.7 2 3.9 0.8-16.5

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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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