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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance-MALES

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 4,646 931 18.5 17.2-19.8 1,881 42.2 40.4-44.0 1,125 23.8 22.4-25.3 470 10.3 9.3-11.4 239 5.2 4.5- 6.0
RACE
White 3,517 726 19.6 18.1-21.2 1,217 34.0 32.2-36.0 933 26.9 25.2-28.7 426 13.1 11.8-14.5 215 6.3 5.5- 7.4
African American 736 151 19.2 16.0-22.8 411 57.1 52.7-61.4 134 18.4 15.2-22.1 26 3.1 2.0- 4.9 14 2.2 1.2- 3.9
Asian 33 2 8.5 2.1-29.4 11 35.2 19.2-55.4 14 42.6 24.7-62.7 4 9.1 3.0-24.4 2 4.6 1.0-18.7
Native American 76 19 28.6 16.0-45.7 36 42.6 29.1-57.3 11 13.9 7.1-25.2 6 12.0 4.7-27.2 4 3.0 0.9- 9.2
Other Minorities 268 28 6.9 4.2-11.1 200 81.9 76.2-86.4 29 7.9 5.1-12.1 7 1.7 0.7- 3.7 4 1.7 0.6- 4.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 268 31 6.4 4.2- 9.8 197 81.1 75.4-85.8 33 9.6 6.4-14.2 6 2.4 0.9- 6.1 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0
-English Speaking 87 25 20.7 12.8-31.6 37 47.4 34.8-60.3 21 25.0 15.6-37.6 4 6.9 2.1-20.7 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 181 6 1.8 0.7- 4.4 160 92.2 87.2-95.3 12 4.6 2.3- 9.0 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0
Non-Hispanic 4,373 899 19.7 18.3-21.1 1,682 38.4 36.6-40.2 1,090 25.2 23.7-26.8 464 11.1 10.0-12.3 238 5.6 4.9- 6.5
AGE
18-24 281 68 17.6 13.4-22.7 180 73.0 66.9-78.3 27 7.7 4.9-11.8 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
25-34 775 152 18.0 15.1-21.5 383 51.2 46.8-55.5 156 20.1 16.9-23.6 56 6.6 4.9- 8.8 28 4.1 2.7- 6.2
35-44 947 163 15.6 13.1-18.5 387 42.9 39.0-46.9 230 23.0 20.0-26.4 113 12.5 10.2-15.4 54 5.9 4.4- 7.9
45-54 886 174 18.3 15.4-21.5 350 38.3 34.4-42.3 202 23.3 20.1-26.9 101 12.9 10.4-16.0 59 7.2 5.4- 9.5
55-64 848 173 21.1 17.7-24.9 312 34.4 30.6-38.3 217 27.0 23.4-30.9 85 10.7 8.4-13.6 61 6.8 5.1- 9.1
65-74 567 120 20.3 16.7-24.5 179 32.2 27.7-37.1 181 31.9 27.6-36.6 66 11.9 9.1-15.4 21 3.7 2.3- 5.8
75+ 333 79 21.4 16.8-26.9 88 25.8 20.6-31.8 107 33.8 27.9-40.2 44 14.7 10.4-20.3 15 4.3 2.4- 7.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 807 137 13.8 11.1-17.0 483 66.5 62.5-70.4 131 13.9 11.4-16.8 40 4.4 3.1- 6.2 16 1.5 0.9- 2.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,318 264 18.7 16.4-21.3 583 46.3 43.0-49.7 297 21.9 19.3-24.7 115 8.8 7.1-10.9 59 4.3 3.2- 5.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,116 241 20.9 18.2-24.0 440 40.5 37.0-44.0 278 23.6 20.8-26.6 119 11.5 9.4-14.0 38 3.5 2.4- 5.0
College Graduate 1,396 288 19.3 16.9-21.8 369 24.3 21.7-27.1 417 32.1 29.1-35.2 196 14.7 12.6-17.0 126 9.7 8.0-11.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 448 104 19.3 15.2-24.1 277 68.7 63.1-73.7 48 8.1 5.7-11.3 13 2.7 1.4- 5.2 6 1.3 0.5- 3.0
$15,000- 24,999 718 116 14.7 11.8-18.2 422 63.4 59.0-67.5 123 15.0 12.3-18.2 39 4.7 3.3- 6.7 18 2.2 1.3- 3.6
$25,000- 34,999 582 106 16.8 13.8-20.4 254 44.4 39.7-49.3 141 23.4 19.6-27.7 61 11.8 9.0-15.4 20 3.5 2.1- 5.8
$35,000- 49,999 724 137 16.7 13.7-20.2 257 36.6 32.4-40.9 221 31.8 27.9-36.0 78 9.8 7.6-12.6 31 5.1 3.4- 7.6
$50,000-74,999 687 152 21.8 18.4-25.7 201 28.6 24.8-32.6 195 29.1 25.2-33.3 103 15.0 12.2-18.4 36 5.5 3.8- 7.8
$75,000+ 769 130 15.7 12.9-19.0 180 22.4 19.2-26.0 235 31.4 27.5-35.5 127 18.7 15.5-22.4 97 11.8 9.5-14.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,393 333 23.3 20.6-26.1 570 43.6 40.3-47.0 308 20.7 18.3-23.4 114 7.6 6.1- 9.3 68 4.8 3.7- 6.3
No 3,072 589 17.2 15.7-18.9 1,154 38.9 36.8-41.1 809 26.3 24.5-28.3 349 11.9 10.6-13.3 171 5.6 4.7- 6.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,482 302 20.3 17.9-22.9 521 34.0 31.1-37.0 412 27.9 25.3-30.7 165 12.2 10.3-14.4 82 5.6 4.4- 7.1
Non-Veteran 3,030 558 16.3 14.8-17.9 1,313 46.1 43.9-48.3 702 22.6 20.9-24.5 300 9.8 8.6-11.1 157 5.2 4.4- 6.2
Currently Serving 115 71 64.2 54.0-73.3 29 21.7 14.7-30.8 10 10.2 5.3-19.0 5 3.9 1.6- 9.0 0 0.0 . - .

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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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