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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages (Age under 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,279 1,037 80.4 77.4-83.2 242 19.6 16.8-22.6
GENDER
Male 443 367 79.0 73.5-83.7 76 21.0 16.3-26.5
Female 836 670 81.6 78.2-84.6 166 18.4 15.4-21.8
AGE
18-24 80 52 54.5 40.6-67.7 28 45.5 32.3-59.4
25-34 322 263 79.5 73.3-84.5 59 20.5 15.5-26.7
35-44 377 314 84.5 78.1-89.3 63 15.5 10.7-21.9
45-54 324 259 81.0 75.0-85.8 65 19.0 14.2-25.0
55-64 176 149 86.3 79.1-91.3 27 13.7 8.7-20.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 135 89 62.1 51.0-72.0 46 37.9 28.0-49.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 451 340 75.1 69.2-80.2 111 24.9 19.8-30.8
Some Post-H.S. 383 319 83.4 78.2-87.6 64 16.6 12.4-21.8
College Graduate 310 289 92.7 88.1-95.7 21 7.3 4.3-11.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 104 43 41.6 29.8-54.5 61 58.4 45.5-70.2
$15,000- 24,999 295 212 68.4 60.0-75.8 83 31.6 24.2-40.0
$25,000- 34,999 227 196 86.2 80.0-90.7 31 13.8 9.3-20.0
$35,000- 49,999 227 208 90.0 83.9-93.9 19 10.0 6.1-16.1
$50,000-74,999 148 137 90.2 81.7-95.1 11 9.8 4.9-18.3
$75,000+ 107 101 94.9 88.1-97.9 6 5.1 2.1-11.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 230 179 76.7 68.6-83.2 51 23.3 16.8-31.4
No 994 818 82.2 79.1-84.9 176 17.8 15.1-20.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 153 133 87.6 80.1-92.6 20 12.4 7.4-19.9
Non-Veteran 1,089 867 78.6 75.1-81.7 222 21.4 18.3-24.9
Currently Serving 33 33 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included

^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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