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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance-FEMALES

About how much money does your household pay monthly for health insurance premiums
(this would include any amount your household pays for health insurance either directly or taken out of paychecks)?

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  Total
Respond.^		 No cost <$100 $100-$299 $300-$499 $500+
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 7,560 1,853 23.4 22.2-24.6 2,811 37.9 36.5-39.3 1,820 23.7 22.6-25.0 770 10.6 9.8-11.5 306 4.4 3.8- 5.0
RACE
White 5,599 1,326 23.0 21.7-24.4 1,758 31.7 30.2-33.2 1,542 26.8 25.4-28.3 684 12.8 11.8-13.9 289 5.7 4.9- 6.5
African American 1,443 431 28.0 25.3-30.9 725 49.2 46.0-52.5 225 17.9 15.5-20.7 53 4.2 3.1- 5.8 9 0.6 0.3- 1.4
Asian 38 7 10.3 4.2-22.8 17 39.0 21.6-59.6 6 32.2 13.5-59.1 5 12.2 3.6-34.5 3 6.4 1.8-20.1
Native American 171 48 28.5 20.1-38.8 80 49.1 39.1-59.2 28 13.3 8.1-21.1 14 8.4 4.3-15.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8
Other Minorities 271 34 10.9 7.3-15.8 206 77.5 70.9-82.9 18 6.4 3.7-11.1 12 4.4 2.1- 9.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 308 35 11.7 8.0-16.8 218 71.4 64.8-77.2 33 10.0 6.5-15.1 18 5.4 3.1- 9.1 4 1.5 0.5- 4.6
-English Speaking 138 30 27.0 18.5-37.6 62 37.3 28.3-47.1 26 19.7 12.5-29.7 17 13.9 8.1-22.8 3 2.1 0.7- 6.5
-Spanish Speaking 170 5 2.7 1.0- 7.4 156 91.4 84.3-95.5 7 4.3 1.6-10.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0
Non-Hispanic 7,240 1,817 24.1 22.9-25.3 2,585 36.0 34.6-37.4 1,786 24.5 23.3-25.8 751 10.9 10.1-11.9 301 4.5 3.9- 5.2
AGE
18-24 376 138 33.4 28.0-39.3 189 54.4 48.3-60.4 37 10.1 6.8-14.9 11 1.9 1.0- 3.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
25-34 1,304 330 22.5 19.9-25.3 541 44.0 40.7-47.4 273 20.9 18.4-23.7 119 9.3 7.6-11.4 41 3.3 2.3- 4.7
35-44 1,450 283 19.0 16.6-21.5 579 37.2 34.3-40.3 374 27.4 24.6-30.4 154 12.2 10.1-14.7 60 4.2 3.1- 5.7
45-54 1,487 317 20.9 18.4-23.6 599 38.2 35.2-41.3 329 22.5 20.0-25.2 152 11.2 9.4-13.4 90 7.2 5.6- 9.2
55-64 1,255 336 26.1 23.3-29.1 446 35.7 32.4-39.1 240 19.3 16.8-22.1 160 12.8 10.7-15.2 73 6.1 4.7- 7.9
65-74 971 247 25.0 21.8-28.4 283 30.4 26.8-34.3 321 32.5 28.9-36.2 96 9.8 7.8-12.3 24 2.3 1.4- 3.7
75+ 691 198 29.6 25.5-34.1 164 23.2 19.6-27.3 238 32.4 28.5-36.7 74 12.2 9.4-15.6 17 2.6 1.5- 4.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,205 321 23.8 21.1-26.7 594 54.9 51.4-58.3 217 15.4 13.2-17.9 60 5.1 3.8- 6.8 13 0.9 0.5- 1.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,270 522 22.7 20.7-24.9 954 42.8 40.3-45.3 531 21.9 19.9-24.0 190 8.5 7.2-10.0 73 4.1 3.1- 5.5
Some Post-H.S. 2,006 474 22.7 20.5-25.1 695 33.4 30.9-36.0 495 25.7 23.3-28.2 245 13.2 11.4-15.2 97 5.0 4.0- 6.3
College Graduate 2,073 536 24.5 22.4-26.8 565 27.9 25.6-30.3 575 28.3 26.0-30.8 274 13.4 11.7-15.3 123 5.8 4.7- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,054 357 33.9 30.4-37.6 489 49.4 45.6-53.2 163 13.2 10.8-16.0 38 3.1 2.1- 4.5 7 0.4 0.2- 1.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,485 298 19.0 16.6-21.6 728 51.5 48.3-54.6 332 20.7 18.3-23.3 99 6.5 5.2- 8.3 28 2.3 1.5- 3.7
$25,000- 34,999 909 206 21.7 18.6-25.1 355 38.9 35.1-43.0 232 26.7 23.2-30.6 88 8.8 6.9-11.3 28 3.9 2.6- 5.8
$35,000- 49,999 975 223 20.5 17.7-23.6 297 31.2 27.8-34.9 287 29.4 26.1-33.0 128 13.5 11.2-16.2 40 5.3 3.6- 7.8
$50,000-74,999 837 201 23.8 20.5-27.4 196 23.3 20.0-27.0 246 29.1 25.5-32.9 134 17.9 14.8-21.6 60 5.9 4.4- 7.9
$75,000+ 896 179 20.0 17.0-23.4 189 21.7 18.6-25.2 279 32.2 28.6-36.1 148 16.0 13.4-19.1 101 10.1 8.0-12.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,481 697 27.4 25.3-29.6 945 38.7 36.3-41.2 529 21.1 19.2-23.2 228 9.1 7.8-10.6 82 3.7 2.9- 4.7
No 4,882 1,138 22.2 20.9-23.7 1,705 35.7 34.0-37.3 1,280 25.6 24.1-27.1 536 11.7 10.6-12.9 223 4.8 4.1- 5.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 144 44 29.1 20.9-38.9 50 30.7 22.6-40.2 34 31.0 21.7-42.3 14 8.5 4.3-16.0 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0
Non-Veteran 7,377 1,787 23.1 22.0-24.3 2,751 38.1 36.7-39.5 1,781 23.7 22.5-24.9 756 10.7 9.9-11.6 302 4.4 3.9- 5.1
Currently Serving 33 22 65.3 44.0-81.8 4 18.7 6.3-43.8 5 11.6 4.4-27.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.5 0.9-18.8

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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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