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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance-AFRICAN AMERICANS

In the past year, did you or another family member in your household have any problems paying medical bills?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,579 766 27.0 25.0-29.1 1,813 73.0 70.9-75.0
GENDER
Male 840 201 21.5 18.6-24.8 639 78.5 75.2-81.4
Female 1,739 565 31.1 28.5-33.8 1,174 68.9 66.2-71.5
AGE
18-24 158 30 15.9 10.0-24.3 128 84.1 75.7-90.0
25-34 451 115 22.9 18.7-27.7 336 77.1 72.3-81.3
35-44 506 155 28.4 24.0-33.3 351 71.6 66.7-76.0
45-54 506 184 31.7 27.1-36.6 322 68.3 63.4-72.9
55-64 413 139 31.7 26.5-37.3 274 68.3 62.7-73.5
65-74 318 85 24.4 19.1-30.7 233 75.6 69.3-80.9
75+ 212 52 25.5 19.2-33.2 160 74.5 66.8-80.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 578 205 36.3 31.6-41.3 373 63.7 58.7-68.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 869 276 28.4 25.0-32.1 593 71.6 67.9-75.0
Some Post-H.S. 641 189 25.9 22.0-30.2 452 74.1 69.8-78.0
College Graduate 486 94 16.4 12.9-20.5 392 83.6 79.5-87.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 515 214 41.7 36.5-47.0 301 58.3 53.0-63.5
$15,000- 24,999 592 231 39.0 34.2-44.1 361 61.0 55.9-65.8
$25,000- 34,999 334 93 24.6 19.6-30.4 241 75.4 69.6-80.4
$35,000- 49,999 293 64 20.5 15.7-26.2 229 79.5 73.8-84.3
$50,000-74,999 186 26 15.2 10.0-22.5 160 84.8 77.5-90.0
$75,000+ 143 11 6.2 3.2-11.6 132 93.8 88.4-96.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 929 394 42.4 38.5-46.3 535 57.6 53.7-61.5
No 1,623 360 19.4 17.2-21.7 1,263 80.6 78.3-82.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 300 57 16.5 12.3-21.9 243 83.5 78.1-87.7
Non-Veteran 2,242 707 29.1 26.9-31.4 1,535 70.9 68.6-73.1
Currently Serving 37 2 2.9 0.7-12.1 35 97.1 87.9-99.3

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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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