BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina: (In the past year, have you or anyone living in your household been contacted by a collection agency about owing money for medical bills?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
TOTAL	840	207	22.7	19.6-26.1	633	77.3	73.9-80.4
AGE
18-24	54	7	9.1	4.0-19.6	47	90.9	80.4-96.0
25-34	132	32	23.7	16.5-32.7	100	76.3	67.3-83.5
35-44	166	41	25.8	18.7-34.6	125	74.2	65.4-81.3
45-54	172	45	21.6	15.7-28.9	127	78.4	71.1-84.3
55-64	157	51	30.8	23.0-39.8	106	69.2	60.2-77.0
65-74	99	19	17.9	10.8-28.1	80	82.1	71.9-89.2
75+	55	12	19.5	10.3-33.9	43	80.5	66.1-89.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	208	73	34.2	27.0-42.2	135	65.8	57.8-73.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	308	80	25.4	20.1-31.6	228	74.6	68.4-79.9
Some Post-H.S.	185	37	16.1	11.4-22.3	148	83.9	77.7-88.6
College Graduate	137	17	10.4	6.1-17.4	120	89.6	82.6-93.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	139	54	35.3	26.7-45.0	85	64.7	55.0-73.3
$15,000- 24,999	162	51	29.3	21.8-38.2	111	70.7	61.8-78.2
$25,000- 34,999	107	31	31.7	22.6-42.6	76	68.3	57.4-77.4
$35,000- 49,999	117	23	20.3	12.9-30.4	94	79.7	69.6-87.1
$50,000-74,999	95	9	8.1	4.0-15.7	86	91.9	84.3-96.0
$75,000+	64	9	11.9	5.9-22.6	55	88.1	77.4-94.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	299	117	38.4	32.1-45.0	182	61.6	55.0-67.9
No	537	90	15.6	12.4-19.4	447	84.4	80.6-87.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	250	37	13.1	9.0-18.5	213	86.9	81.5-91.0
Non-Veteran	563	170	27.6	23.5-32.0	393	72.4	68.0-76.5
Currently Serving	27	0	0.0	. - .	27	100	. - .

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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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	840	207	22.7	19.6-26.1	633	77.3	73.9-80.4
AGE
18-24	54	7	9.1	4.0-19.6	47	90.9	80.4-96.0
25-34	132	32	23.7	16.5-32.7	100	76.3	67.3-83.5
35-44	166	41	25.8	18.7-34.6	125	74.2	65.4-81.3
45-54	172	45	21.6	15.7-28.9	127	78.4	71.1-84.3
55-64	157	51	30.8	23.0-39.8	106	69.2	60.2-77.0
65-74	99	19	17.9	10.8-28.1	80	82.1	71.9-89.2
75+	55	12	19.5	10.3-33.9	43	80.5	66.1-89.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	208	73	34.2	27.0-42.2	135	65.8	57.8-73.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	308	80	25.4	20.1-31.6	228	74.6	68.4-79.9
Some Post-H.S.	185	37	16.1	11.4-22.3	148	83.9	77.7-88.6
College Graduate	137	17	10.4	6.1-17.4	120	89.6	82.6-93.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	139	54	35.3	26.7-45.0	85	64.7	55.0-73.3
$15,000- 24,999	162	51	29.3	21.8-38.2	111	70.7	61.8-78.2
$25,000- 34,999	107	31	31.7	22.6-42.6	76	68.3	57.4-77.4
$35,000- 49,999	117	23	20.3	12.9-30.4	94	79.7	69.6-87.1
$50,000-74,999	95	9	8.1	4.0-15.7	86	91.9	84.3-96.0
$75,000+	64	9	11.9	5.9-22.6	55	88.1	77.4-94.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	299	117	38.4	32.1-45.0	182	61.6	55.0-67.9
No	537	90	15.6	12.4-19.4	447	84.4	80.6-87.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	250	37	13.1	9.0-18.5	213	86.9	81.5-91.0
Non-Veteran	563	170	27.6	23.5-32.0	393	72.4	68.0-76.5
Currently Serving	27	0	0.0	. - .	27	100	. - .