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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

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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%)
North Carolina 12,206 2,784 20.9 20.1-21.8 4,692 40.0 38.9-41.2 2,945 23.8 22.8-24.7 1,240 10.5 9.8-11.2 545 4.8 4.3- 5.3
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance 324 73 23.1 17.9-29.2 141 42.5 36.5-48.8 78 23.6 18.7-29.2 26 8.7 5.8-12.9 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8
Buncombe 306 61 19.0 14.5-24.5 97 35.7 29.8-42.0 94 27.2 22.2-32.9 36 12.6 8.9-17.4 18 5.6 3.4- 8.9
Cabarrus 351 53 15.4 11.6-20.1 137 40.3 34.6-46.3 109 29.8 24.7-35.4 37 10.2 7.2-14.1 15 4.3 2.5- 7.3
Catawba 304 62 18.4 14.1-23.8 95 34.3 27.8-41.4 98 31.0 25.3-37.4 37 12.8 9.1-17.7 12 3.5 1.9- 6.3
Cumberland 359 114 30.8 25.7-36.4 143 41.5 35.7-47.5 77 20.7 16.5-25.7 19 5.0 3.0- 8.0 6 2.0 0.9- 4.7
Davidson 306 61 16.2 12.2-21.1 128 44.6 37.9-51.6 75 24.1 18.6-30.5 31 10.9 7.4-15.8 11 4.2 2.3- 7.6
Durham 304 57 16.3 12.2-21.4 122 42.2 35.6-49.1 83 26.7 21.4-32.7 31 10.5 7.1-15.3 11 4.3 2.3- 7.9
Forsyth 357 66 15.7 12.0-20.3 151 42.5 36.8-48.5 94 27.0 22.1-32.6 33 10.0 6.9-14.4 13 4.7 2.5- 8.5
Gaston 320 64 22.2 17.3-28.0 125 38.7 32.8-44.9 84 25.6 20.6-31.3 33 9.8 6.8-14.0 14 3.8 2.1- 6.5
Guilford 345 81 22.7 18.0-28.1 124 35.1 29.6-41.1 89 25.6 20.7-31.1 38 11.7 8.3-16.1 13 5.0 2.8- 8.6
Iredell 355 65 15.8 12.1-20.3 129 40.7 34.5-47.2 103 25.9 21.2-31.3 39 11.2 8.0-15.4 19 6.4 4.0-10.2
Johnston 386 98 23.4 18.6-29.0 144 39.6 33.7-45.8 86 23.0 18.0-28.8 42 10.3 7.0-14.8 16 3.7 2.0- 6.9
Mecklenburg 520 90 14.8 11.8-18.3 195 40.0 35.3-45.0 142 26.7 22.7-31.1 62 12.2 9.3-15.9 31 6.3 4.4- 9.0
New Hanover 308 71 21.2 16.4-26.9 105 35.3 29.3-41.8 73 23.1 18.3-28.7 39 12.9 9.4-17.6 20 7.5 4.8-11.5
Onslow 309 94 28.5 23.4-34.3 132 44.4 38.2-50.7 51 17.5 13.0-23.1 21 6.0 3.8- 9.4 11 3.6 1.9- 6.7
Orange 326 83 22.3 17.8-27.4 94 30.4 24.8-36.7 87 27.4 22.0-33.5 39 11.2 8.1-15.4 23 8.7 5.6-13.4
Pitt 301 76 23.6 18.6-29.4 120 43.1 36.8-49.6 62 19.4 15.0-24.7 35 11.1 7.9-15.5 8 2.8 1.3- 5.6
Randolph 280 51 17.3 12.8-23.1 104 37.7 31.3-44.7 79 26.3 21.0-32.5 33 13.2 8.9-19.2 13 5.4 2.9- 9.9
Robeson 304 77 25.9 20.4-32.2 150 48.9 42.4-55.5 49 15.6 11.6-20.8 19 6.6 4.1-10.5 9 2.9 1.4- 5.9
Rowan 362 86 20.5 16.3-25.3 138 43.5 37.6-49.5 93 24.2 19.6-29.5 28 7.8 5.3-11.5 17 4.0 2.4- 6.7
Union 360 56 14.1 10.7-18.5 105 30.8 25.3-36.9 108 27.9 22.9-33.4 60 18.0 13.5-23.6 31 9.2 6.0-13.8
Wake 471 108 19.7 16.1-23.8 175 39.9 34.7-45.2 113 25.5 21.1-30.4 46 9.9 7.2-13.3 29 5.1 3.4- 7.6
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 293 63 21.1 16.3-26.8 120 41.3 35.0-48.0 59 19.0 14.5-24.5 33 12.2 8.7-17.1 18 6.3 3.8-10.3
Northeast Partnership II 393 99 21.5 17.3-26.3 159 42.8 37.3-48.5 83 22.3 17.7-27.6 37 9.7 6.8-13.5 15 3.8 2.1- 6.7
Northeast Partnership I 333 88 24.7 19.7-30.6 150 47.4 40.4-54.6 62 18.6 14.2-24.1 24 6.4 4.2- 9.6 9 2.8 1.4- 5.7
Franklin/Nash/Wilson 295 79 23.9 18.9-29.9 125 44.9 38.2-51.7 45 15.6 11.3-21.3 29 9.4 6.2-14.0 17 6.2 3.8-10.0
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 403 105 24.0 19.6-28.9 161 44.0 38.3-49.8 82 17.9 14.2-22.3 40 10.0 7.2-13.9 15 4.1 2.4- 7.1
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 335 69 18.8 14.6-23.9 141 44.3 38.3-50.5 73 21.7 17.2-27.0 36 10.4 7.4-14.5 16 4.7 2.8- 7.9
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 324 81 23.7 19.0-29.3 122 37.9 32.2-43.9 81 24.6 19.8-30.1 27 9.5 6.4-13.8 13 4.3 2.4- 7.4
Chatham/Lee/Moore 372 80 19.3 15.3-24.1 140 39.2 33.3-45.4 91 24.5 19.8-29.9 41 11.0 7.9-14.9 20 6.0 3.6- 9.9
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 446 139 28.1 23.7-33.0 163 38.6 33.5-44.1 85 18.6 14.8-23.2 45 10.5 7.7-14.2 14 4.1 2.3- 7.3
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 293 56 18.2 13.6-23.8 116 40.3 34.2-46.7 73 24.4 19.4-30.2 37 13.4 9.6-18.5 11 3.7 2.0- 6.8
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 300 70 21.9 16.9-27.8 123 44.3 37.1-51.7 60 19.3 14.5-25.1 28 8.8 5.9-13.0 19 5.8 3.6- 9.4
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 360 84 21.6 17.1-26.7 125 35.7 30.2-41.5 109 30.3 25.1-36.0 29 8.6 5.7-12.7 13 4.0 2.2- 7.0
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 501 124 24.3 19.9-29.4 193 37.2 32.1-42.6 115 23.2 19.0-28.0 50 11.0 8.1-14.8 19 4.3 2.5- 7.1
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes 827 200 21.2 18.2-24.5 361 46.6 42.4-50.8 162 19.6 16.6-23.0 72 8.7 6.8-11.1 32 4.0 2.7- 5.8
No 11,379 2,584 20.9 20.0-21.9 4,331 39.6 38.5-40.8 2,783 24.0 23.1-25.0 1,168 10.6 9.9-11.3 513 4.8 4.3- 5.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 4,087 1,058 23.8 22.3-25.4 1,687 43.5 41.6-45.4 814 19.5 18.1-21.0 367 9.0 8.0-10.0 161 4.3 3.6- 5.1
Piedmont 6,745 1,412 19.1 17.9-20.2 2,492 38.7 37.2-40.2 1,787 25.8 24.5-27.2 731 11.2 10.3-12.2 323 5.2 4.6- 5.9
Western NC 1,374 314 22.0 19.4-24.9 513 38.3 35.1-41.5 344 24.8 22.1-27.7 142 10.8 9.0-12.9 61 4.1 3.1- 5.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC 790 182 22.9 19.4-26.9 283 36.6 32.5-40.9 205 24.5 21.0-28.3 84 11.5 9.0-14.5 36 4.5 3.1- 6.7
Northwest 2,377 493 18.6 16.7-20.6 904 40.3 37.8-42.8 638 26.6 24.5-28.9 241 10.4 9.0-12.0 101 4.1 3.3- 5.1
Charlotte 1,837 352 18.3 16.3-20.5 638 36.5 33.8-39.4 517 26.7 24.3-29.3 228 12.4 10.6-14.5 102 6.0 4.8- 7.6
Greensboro 1,576 349 20.4 18.0-23.0 579 36.9 33.9-40.0 404 25.3 22.7-28.1 169 11.8 9.9-14.0 75 5.6 4.3- 7.3
Southern Regional 1,278 368 27.5 24.7-30.6 516 40.9 37.6-44.4 259 20.6 18.1-23.3 99 7.7 6.2- 9.5 36 3.3 2.2- 4.8
Coastal 624 139 20.1 16.8-23.9 241 42.1 37.5-46.7 140 21.4 18.1-25.2 70 10.9 8.6-13.9 34 5.5 3.9- 7.8
Wake 1,608 377 20.5 18.2-23.0 607 39.9 36.7-43.2 389 24.7 22.0-27.7 160 10.1 8.4-12.2 75 4.8 3.6- 6.2
Area L 495 133 24.4 20.3-29.1 219 46.1 40.9-51.4 82 16.8 13.3-21.1 36 6.8 4.8- 9.6 25 5.8 3.8- 8.8
Eastern 1,528 384 22.9 20.5-25.5 629 42.9 39.8-46.0 304 19.5 17.2-22.0 152 10.5 8.8-12.6 59 4.2 3.1- 5.7

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*Asked only of respondents who reported having some type of health insurance.

^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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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