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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance-FEMALES

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 9,209 2,174 23.3 22.2-24.4 7,035 76.7 75.6-77.8
RACE
White 6,862 1,441 21.0 19.9-22.2 5,421 79.0 77.8-80.1
African American 1,739 565 31.1 28.5-33.8 1,174 68.9 66.2-71.5
Asian 48 2 2.4 0.5-11.5 46 97.6 88.5-99.5
Native American 197 63 32.1 24.3-41.1 134 67.9 58.9-75.7
Other Minorities 313 95 27.9 22.4-34.2 218 72.1 65.8-77.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 355 104 25.9 20.9-31.6 251 74.1 68.4-79.1
-English Speaking 172 49 27.6 20.3-36.3 123 72.4 63.7-79.7
-Spanish Speaking 183 55 24.7 18.3-32.6 128 75.3 67.4-81.7
Non-Hispanic 8,845 2,068 23.1 22.1-24.2 6,777 76.9 75.8-77.9
AGE
18-24 470 103 20.6 16.5-25.3 367 79.4 74.7-83.5
25-34 1,463 360 22.8 20.3-25.4 1,103 77.2 74.6-79.7
35-44 1,683 477 27.1 24.6-29.8 1,206 72.9 70.2-75.4
45-54 1,710 514 29.6 27.0-32.3 1,196 70.4 67.7-73.0
55-64 1,524 351 22.2 19.9-24.8 1,173 77.8 75.2-80.1
65-74 1,271 228 17.5 15.1-20.2 1,043 82.5 79.8-84.9
75+ 1,040 129 12.5 10.3-15.1 911 87.5 84.9-89.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,462 465 34.2 31.2-37.3 997 65.8 62.7-68.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,735 721 26.4 24.4-28.6 2,014 73.6 71.4-75.6
Some Post-H.S. 2,403 615 25.6 23.5-27.9 1,788 74.4 72.1-76.5
College Graduate 2,598 369 12.7 11.2-14.2 2,229 87.3 85.8-88.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,195 455 39.3 35.8-42.8 740 60.7 57.2-64.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,664 574 37.6 34.7-40.6 1,090 62.4 59.4-65.3
$25,000- 34,999 1,045 265 25.8 22.6-29.3 780 74.2 70.7-77.4
$35,000- 49,999 1,125 248 22.7 19.8-25.8 877 77.3 74.2-80.2
$50,000-74,999 996 144 14.7 12.2-17.6 852 85.3 82.4-87.8
$75,000+ 1,108 82 6.5 5.0- 8.4 1,026 93.5 91.6-95.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,073 1,118 37.4 35.3-39.6 1,955 62.6 60.4-64.7
No 6,062 1,037 16.9 15.8-18.1 5,025 83.1 81.9-84.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 165 28 18.3 12.0-26.9 137 81.7 73.1-88.0
Non-Veteran 9,010 2,143 23.4 22.3-24.5 6,867 76.6 75.5-77.7
Currently Serving 34 3 8.8 2.7-25.0 31 91.2 75.0-97.3

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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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