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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, or government plans such as Medicare?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,695 2,169 79.4 77.2-81.3 526 20.6 18.7-22.8
GENDER
Male 893 711 76.8 73.0-80.3 182 23.2 19.7-27.0
Female 1,802 1,458 81.3 79.0-83.5 344 18.7 16.5-21.0
AGE
18-24 176 127 64.0 53.9-72.9 49 36.0 27.1-46.1
25-34 467 360 76.1 71.0-80.6 107 23.9 19.4-29.0
35-44 531 411 77.7 72.6-82.2 120 22.3 17.8-27.4
45-54 524 405 78.3 73.7-82.3 119 21.7 17.7-26.3
55-64 429 340 80.7 75.6-85.0 89 19.3 15.0-24.4
65-74 329 303 92.2 86.4-95.6 26 7.8 4.4-13.6
75+ 223 208 90.7 84.2-94.7 15 9.3 5.3-15.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 606 476 72.2 67.0-76.9 130 27.8 23.1-33.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 928 707 75.6 71.8-79.2 221 24.4 20.8-28.2
Some Post-H.S. 659 529 81.3 77.3-84.8 130 18.7 15.2-22.7
College Graduate 497 452 90.9 87.2-93.6 45 9.1 6.4-12.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 533 376 67.6 62.3-72.4 157 32.4 27.6-37.7
$15,000- 24,999 622 454 70.5 65.1-75.3 168 29.5 24.7-34.9
$25,000- 34,999 345 296 86.4 81.6-90.1 49 13.6 9.9-18.4
$35,000- 49,999 302 276 90.2 85.2-93.6 26 9.8 6.4-14.8
$50,000-74,999 192 176 89.7 82.7-94.1 16 10.3 5.9-17.3
$75,000+ 145 135 93.3 86.8-96.8 10 6.7 3.2-13.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 951 781 79.4 75.7-82.6 170 20.6 17.4-24.3
No 1,638 1,307 79.8 77.2-82.2 331 20.2 17.8-22.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 312 259 83.6 77.7-88.1 53 16.4 11.9-22.3
Non-Veteran 2,338 1,866 78.3 76.0-80.4 472 21.7 19.6-24.0
Currently Serving 38 38 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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