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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance-FEMALES

Excluding insurance premiums, in the past year, what would you estimate your family's out-of-pocket healthcare costs have been?

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  Total
Respond.^		 No cost <$500 $500-$1499 $1500-$4999 $5000+
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 7,682 850 10.9 10.1-11.8 1,301 17.3 16.3-18.4 1,690 21.1 20.0-22.2 2,535 33.0 31.7-34.3 1,306 17.8 16.7-18.9
RACE
White 5,884 551 9.0 8.1- 9.9 884 15.3 14.2-16.4 1,235 20.3 19.1-21.6 2,065 34.8 33.3-36.3 1,149 20.7 19.4-22.0
African American 1,379 212 15.4 13.1-18.0 337 24.4 21.7-27.3 367 24.7 22.0-27.6 366 28.6 25.7-31.7 97 7.0 5.6- 8.7
Asian 40 7 11.4 4.5-25.8 5 12.4 4.4-30.5 14 31.3 15.0-54.0 6 26.5 10.7-52.0 8 18.4 7.4-39.0
Native American 158 24 16.1 10.1-24.8 31 20.0 12.3-30.8 29 19.3 11.7-30.0 51 28.6 20.7-38.0 23 16.0 9.8-25.1
Other Minorities 188 51 26.2 19.0-34.9 36 22.3 15.1-31.6 39 16.9 11.8-23.8 42 24.1 17.2-32.7 20 10.5 6.1-17.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 229 50 21.0 15.0-28.5 39 22.1 15.4-30.6 44 16.9 12.0-23.2 60 24.8 18.4-32.5 36 15.2 10.5-21.7
-English Speaking 146 23 13.5 8.1-21.6 30 25.9 17.8-36.1 29 18.1 12.0-26.3 39 25.5 17.5-35.6 25 17.0 11.2-25.1
-Spanish Speaking 83 27 31.4 20.2-45.4 9 16.7 7.2-34.1 15 15.3 8.3-26.5 21 23.8 14.4-36.7 11 12.8 6.0-25.0
Non-Hispanic 7,444 799 10.5 9.7-11.4 1,260 17.1 16.1-18.2 1,643 21.2 20.1-22.4 2,474 33.3 32.0-34.7 1,268 17.9 16.8-19.0
AGE
18-24 346 101 30.3 24.7-36.6 96 28.6 23.1-34.9 57 15.5 11.2-21.0 69 19.7 15.3-25.0 23 5.9 3.6- 9.3
25-34 1,287 173 11.6 9.7-13.8 273 22.4 19.6-25.4 265 19.4 17.0-22.1 381 30.7 27.8-33.9 195 15.8 13.5-18.5
35-44 1,491 123 7.9 6.4- 9.6 237 15.7 13.6-18.1 342 20.9 18.5-23.5 495 35.8 32.8-39.0 294 19.7 17.3-22.2
45-54 1,526 109 7.6 6.1- 9.4 281 17.5 15.3-19.9 333 21.3 18.9-23.9 498 32.4 29.6-35.3 305 21.3 18.8-23.9
55-64 1,298 116 8.9 7.1-11.1 223 16.5 14.3-19.0 284 21.5 19.0-24.3 406 30.8 27.9-33.9 269 22.3 19.6-25.2
65-74 997 115 12.2 9.9-15.0 96 8.7 6.8-11.0 264 27.1 23.7-30.7 379 37.7 34.1-41.5 143 14.3 11.8-17.3
75+ 711 111 15.0 12.1-18.4 90 14.4 11.1-18.3 141 18.9 15.7-22.7 297 40.4 36.2-44.9 72 11.3 8.8-14.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,003 194 19.6 16.7-22.8 183 18.3 15.5-21.3 233 23.3 20.2-26.7 292 27.1 23.9-30.6 101 11.8 9.4-14.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,235 286 13.5 11.8-15.4 424 19.9 17.8-22.1 484 19.9 18.0-21.9 715 31.1 28.8-33.5 326 15.6 13.8-17.6
Some Post-H.S. 2,101 230 10.7 9.2-12.5 335 15.9 14.1-17.9 431 19.0 17.0-21.1 704 34.6 32.1-37.3 401 19.8 17.8-22.0
College Graduate 2,339 140 5.4 4.5- 6.6 358 15.8 14.0-17.7 542 23.2 21.1-25.3 823 35.4 33.1-37.8 476 20.2 18.3-22.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 927 181 20.6 17.4-24.2 198 23.2 19.9-27.0 215 23.1 19.8-26.8 232 22.4 19.4-25.7 101 10.7 8.5-13.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,411 183 14.1 11.9-16.7 270 19.4 17.0-22.1 334 23.2 20.5-26.1 448 29.6 26.8-32.5 176 13.7 11.6-16.1
$25,000- 34,999 944 99 10.8 8.7-13.3 175 19.3 16.3-22.7 229 22.3 19.3-25.6 308 32.4 28.8-36.3 133 15.3 12.6-18.4
$35,000- 49,999 1,050 67 6.4 4.9- 8.3 161 16.4 13.8-19.5 234 20.3 17.6-23.3 390 36.6 33.1-40.1 198 20.3 17.4-23.5
$50,000-74,999 932 42 4.2 2.9- 6.1 139 15.4 12.8-18.4 193 20.0 17.1-23.2 345 38.5 34.7-42.4 213 21.9 18.9-25.2
$75,000+ 1,039 41 4.1 2.9- 5.8 131 12.4 10.2-15.0 210 20.9 18.1-24.1 382 37.9 34.4-41.5 275 24.7 21.7-27.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,432 266 10.5 9.1-12.0 356 14.6 12.9-16.4 500 20.2 18.3-22.3 813 32.8 30.5-35.1 497 21.9 20.0-24.1
No 5,194 573 11.0 10.0-12.1 934 18.4 17.1-19.7 1,177 21.3 20.0-22.6 1,707 33.2 31.6-34.8 803 16.1 14.9-17.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 150 26 17.9 11.8-26.3 30 14.8 9.7-21.9 32 18.2 12.4-26.1 40 34.5 24.9-45.5 22 14.6 8.9-22.9
Non-Veteran 7,500 805 10.6 9.7-11.5 1,269 17.4 16.3-18.5 1,655 21.2 20.1-22.3 2,491 33.0 31.7-34.4 1,280 17.9 16.8-19.0
Currently Serving 32 19 63.2 43.1-79.6 2 8.7 1.8-33.5 3 5.2 1.5-16.2 4 14.7 5.4-34.2 4 8.1 2.7-22.1

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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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