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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance-AFRICAN AMERICANS

In the past year, have you or anyone living in your household been contacted by a collection agency about owing money for medical bills?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,569 747 26.8 24.8-28.9 1,822 73.2 71.1-75.2
GENDER
Male 840 207 22.7 19.6-26.1 633 77.3 73.9-80.4
Female 1,729 540 29.9 27.3-32.7 1,189 70.1 67.3-72.7
AGE
18-24 157 28 11.0 7.0-16.9 129 89.0 83.1-93.0
25-34 450 128 25.5 21.0-30.5 322 74.5 69.5-79.0
35-44 502 171 32.9 28.1-38.1 331 67.1 61.9-71.9
45-54 506 187 32.6 27.9-37.6 319 67.4 62.4-72.1
55-64 413 128 29.7 24.6-35.4 285 70.3 64.6-75.4
65-74 317 71 21.7 16.6-27.9 246 78.3 72.1-83.4
75+ 209 32 15.2 10.3-21.9 177 84.8 78.1-89.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 574 179 32.1 27.5-37.0 395 67.9 63.0-72.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 865 277 29.6 26.0-33.4 588 70.4 66.6-74.0
Some Post-H.S. 639 189 26.4 22.5-30.8 450 73.6 69.2-77.5
College Graduate 486 101 17.3 13.8-21.6 385 82.7 78.4-86.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 512 186 34.9 30.1-40.1 326 65.1 59.9-69.9
$15,000- 24,999 590 228 37.4 32.7-42.5 362 62.6 57.5-67.3
$25,000- 34,999 333 98 28.2 22.7-34.3 235 71.8 65.7-77.3
$35,000- 49,999 292 64 23.1 17.7-29.5 228 76.9 70.5-82.3
$50,000-74,999 186 27 14.2 9.3-21.2 159 85.8 78.8-90.7
$75,000+ 143 24 15.6 10.0-23.5 119 84.4 76.5-90.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 926 375 40.4 36.6-44.3 551 59.6 55.7-63.4
No 1,618 362 20.2 18.0-22.7 1,256 79.8 77.3-82.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 300 53 15.5 11.4-20.7 247 84.5 79.3-88.6
Non-Veteran 2,232 692 29.1 26.8-31.4 1,540 70.9 68.6-73.2
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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