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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,380 318 15.6 13.7-17.6 2,062 84.4 82.4-86.3
GENDER
Male 771 112 15.8 12.9-19.2 659 84.2 80.8-87.1
Female 1,609 206 15.4 13.1-17.9 1,403 84.6 82.1-86.9
AGE
18-24 119 8 8.6 3.6-18.9 111 91.4 81.1-96.4
25-34 428 51 14.4 10.6-19.3 377 85.6 80.7-89.4
35-44 468 63 14.7 10.9-19.7 405 85.3 80.3-89.1
45-54 484 81 16.6 13.0-20.9 403 83.4 79.1-87.0
55-64 388 60 20.3 15.6-26.0 328 79.7 74.0-84.4
65-74 291 46 19.1 13.5-26.3 245 80.9 73.7-86.5
75+ 190 8 7.1 3.3-14.7 182 92.9 85.3-96.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 529 38 8.4 5.9-11.8 491 91.6 88.2-94.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 801 108 15.5 12.5-19.0 693 84.5 81.0-87.5
Some Post-H.S. 594 93 19.1 15.2-23.6 501 80.9 76.4-84.8
College Graduate 453 79 18.5 14.2-23.7 374 81.5 76.3-85.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 483 31 7.6 5.0-11.3 452 92.4 88.7-95.0
$15,000- 24,999 557 59 13.2 9.6-17.8 498 86.8 82.2-90.4
$25,000- 34,999 307 52 19.6 14.4-26.1 255 80.4 73.9-85.6
$35,000- 49,999 282 65 24.0 18.5-30.4 217 76.0 69.6-81.5
$50,000-74,999 173 40 21.8 15.7-29.5 133 78.2 70.5-84.3
$75,000+ 131 28 22.8 15.2-32.6 103 77.2 67.4-84.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 854 96 13.6 11.0-16.8 758 86.4 83.2-89.0
No 1,504 219 16.5 14.2-19.2 1,285 83.5 80.8-85.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 287 45 19.8 14.5-26.3 242 80.2 73.7-85.5
Non-Veteran 2,057 267 14.7 12.8-16.9 1,790 85.3 83.1-87.2
Currently Serving 36 6 20.7 8.9-41.0 30 79.3 59.0-91.1

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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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