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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance-AFRICAN AMERICANS

About how much money does your household pay monthly for health insurance premiums
(this would include any amount your household pays for health insurance either directly or taken out of paychecks)?

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  Total
Respond.^
No cost <$100 $100-$299 $300-$499 $500+
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,179 582 24.0 21.9-26.2 1,136 52.8 50.1-55.4 359 18.2 16.1-20.4 79 3.7 2.9- 4.8 23 1.3 0.8- 2.2
GENDER
Male 736 151 19.2 16.0-22.8 411 57.1 52.7-61.4 134 18.4 15.2-22.1 26 3.1 2.0- 4.9 14 2.2 1.2- 3.9
Female 1,443 431 28.0 25.3-30.9 725 49.2 46.0-52.5 225 17.9 15.5-20.7 53 4.2 3.1- 5.8 9 0.6 0.3- 1.4
AGE
18-24 128 54 32.2 23.4-42.4 67 63.6 53.1-73.0 7 4.2 1.8- 9.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 415 110 24.2 19.5-29.7 219 54.6 48.7-60.4 73 16.8 13.0-21.3 9 2.5 1.2- 5.3 4 1.8 0.6- 5.2
35-44 445 96 20.6 16.3-25.7 243 53.7 47.7-59.5 81 20.4 16.0-25.6 21 4.7 2.9- 7.5 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7
45-54 442 82 17.4 13.5-22.1 245 52.1 46.3-57.8 83 22.2 17.6-27.7 23 5.5 3.3- 9.0 9 2.8 1.4- 5.7
55-64 352 93 24.0 19.1-29.6 189 53.5 47.1-59.8 53 16.8 12.5-22.2 15 4.7 2.6- 8.4 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1
65-74 247 81 32.5 25.7-40.0 117 46.8 38.9-54.8 40 17.6 12.2-24.6 6 2.2 1.0- 4.9 3 1.0 0.2- 4.5
75+ 143 66 38.9 29.9-48.7 54 43.7 33.6-54.3 18 14.1 8.3-23.0 4 2.9 1.0- 7.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 464 155 27.4 23.0-32.3 250 60.0 54.5-65.2 46 10.4 7.5-14.3 9 1.5 0.8- 3.1 4 0.6 0.2- 2.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 761 177 20.9 17.6-24.6 446 59.0 54.6-63.3 113 16.2 13.2-19.8 19 2.7 1.6- 4.5 6 1.2 0.5- 2.8
Some Post-H.S. 551 143 25.2 20.9-30.1 277 48.5 43.3-53.8 100 20.2 16.3-24.9 26 5.2 3.3- 8.0 5 0.9 0.3- 2.1
College Graduate 400 107 24.8 20.0-30.4 161 39.1 33.3-45.2 100 27.2 21.7-33.4 24 5.9 3.6- 9.5 8 3.1 1.4- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 453 160 32.9 27.9-38.3 260 61.4 55.8-66.6 27 4.7 3.1- 7.1 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6
$15,000- 24,999 534 121 19.4 15.5-24.0 318 62.6 57.2-67.7 80 15.1 11.8-19.1 13 2.2 1.1- 4.5 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7
$25,000- 34,999 301 71 22.6 17.5-28.7 154 48.2 41.5-55.0 65 23.7 18.1-30.2 6 2.7 1.1- 6.3 5 2.8 1.0- 7.4
$35,000- 49,999 261 59 20.4 15.2-26.9 113 42.4 35.5-49.6 63 27.7 21.5-34.9 21 7.6 4.7-12.2 5 1.9 0.8- 4.5
$50,000-74,999 164 38 21.9 15.3-30.3 61 41.5 32.9-50.6 49 27.3 20.2-35.8 15 8.9 5.1-15.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6
$75,000+ 112 16 14.3 8.3-23.5 45 38.0 27.8-49.4 38 35.4 24.5-48.1 8 6.8 2.9-15.3 5 5.4 2.1-13.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 757 264 32.0 28.2-36.0 383 52.2 47.8-56.5 79 11.0 8.6-13.9 28 4.1 2.6- 6.2 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6
No 1,332 312 21.5 18.9-24.3 672 49.9 46.5-53.3 277 23.0 20.2-26.1 51 3.9 2.8- 5.3 20 1.7 1.0- 2.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 272 65 23.2 17.7-29.9 129 47.3 40.2-54.5 67 24.6 19.0-31.4 8 3.3 1.4- 7.5 3 1.6 0.4- 6.0
Non-Veteran 1,869 501 23.7 21.4-26.1 989 53.9 51.0-56.7 288 17.2 15.1-19.6 71 3.9 3.0- 5.1 20 1.3 0.8- 2.2
Currently Serving 31 16 57.0 36.5-75.4 11 32.9 16.9-54.1 4 10.1 3.2-27.8 0 0.0 . - . 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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