BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Excluding insurance premiums, in the past year, what would you estimate your family's out-of-pocket healthcare costs have been?)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	No cost	<$500	$500-$1499	$1500-$4999	$5000+
North Carolina	12,310	1,476	12.0	11.3-12.8	1,980	15.8	15.0-16.6	2,647	20.5	19.6-21.4	4,047	33.1	32.1-34.2	2,160	18.6	17.7-19.5
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	335	35	10.7	7.1-15.7	56	17.3	13.1-22.5	83	23.1	18.5-28.4	111	31.0	25.7-36.8	50	17.9	13.3-23.8
Buncombe	302	28	7.6	5.0-11.3	39	14.9	10.6-20.5	57	19.5	14.9-25.2	111	34.3	28.7-40.3	67	23.7	18.7-29.6
Cabarrus	367	34	9.3	6.5-13.2	45	12.4	9.1-16.7	94	25.9	21.1-31.3	127	33.5	28.3-39.1	67	19.0	14.9-23.9
Catawba	302	25	8.4	5.4-12.8	43	15.2	11.0-20.6	67	19.9	15.4-25.4	117	38.3	32.3-44.7	50	18.2	13.7-23.8
Cumberland	367	92	26.4	21.5-32.0	76	19.5	15.4-24.3	65	16.3	12.6-20.9	97	28.4	23.2-34.1	37	9.5	6.7-13.3
Davidson	302	27	7.4	4.8-11.5	53	15.6	11.5-20.9	67	24.8	18.7-32.1	106	32.4	26.7-38.8	49	19.7	14.6-26.1
Durham	339	24	8.2	5.4-12.4	72	21.3	16.5-26.9	79	20.7	16.4-25.7	110	32.0	26.6-37.8	54	17.9	13.6-23.3
Forsyth	368	35	9.8	6.7-14.0	56	14.0	10.6-18.3	101	25.6	21.0-30.9	112	31.4	26.3-37.0	64	19.1	14.8-24.4
Gaston	312	36	13.4	9.5-18.7	43	13.5	9.8-18.4	67	20.8	16.2-26.3	108	35.1	29.3-41.3	58	17.1	13.1-22.1
Guilford	356	25	7.9	5.0-12.1	62	16.7	12.8-21.5	75	20.4	16.0-25.5	131	36.2	30.8-42.0	63	18.8	14.6-23.9
Iredell	366	28	9.2	6.1-13.4	54	16.5	11.6-23.0	79	18.8	14.9-23.5	139	36.0	30.5-41.8	66	19.5	15.3-24.5
Johnston	374	42	10.3	7.4-14.3	66	16.1	12.1-21.2	82	22.0	17.4-27.3	117	33.2	27.4-39.5	67	18.4	13.7-24.2
Mecklenburg	541	43	8.1	5.9-11.1	92	16.2	13.0-20.0	105	18.2	14.9-22.1	207	38.9	34.3-43.6	94	18.6	15.2-22.5
New Hanover	320	46	14.9	10.9-20.0	44	11.6	8.4-15.6	52	16.3	12.2-21.3	110	35.2	29.6-41.2	68	22.1	17.5-27.5
Onslow	322	76	24.4	19.5-30.0	72	23.7	18.8-29.4	56	16.8	12.7-21.8	80	23.7	19.0-29.3	38	11.5	8.1-15.9
Orange	360	30	9.1	6.0-13.6	64	17.7	13.6-22.6	67	18.1	14.0-23.2	130	35.3	29.8-41.2	69	19.8	15.5-25.0
Pitt	313	46	15.8	11.6-21.2	59	17.3	13.1-22.7	64	20.9	16.2-26.5	93	29.6	24.3-35.6	51	16.4	12.4-21.3
Randolph	294	40	16.1	11.4-22.2	39	14.1	10.0-19.7	57	16.3	12.3-21.3	108	35.7	29.7-42.3	50	17.7	13.0-23.8
Robeson	295	51	18.1	13.6-23.7	59	20.3	15.4-26.3	68	23.7	18.3-30.2	77	25.0	19.9-30.9	40	12.9	9.3-17.6
Rowan	368	52	15.7	11.6-20.8	64	16.5	12.6-21.2	77	21.1	16.8-26.3	112	29.1	24.1-34.6	63	17.6	13.7-22.5
Union	376	26	6.3	4.1- 9.4	43	11.0	7.8-15.2	66	17.1	13.0-22.2	147	40.2	34.3-46.4	94	25.5	20.6-31.1
Wake	499	53	10.1	7.5-13.5	83	17.3	13.7-21.7	111	20.9	17.1-25.2	159	32.5	27.9-37.4	93	19.2	15.5-23.6
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	292	39	13.9	9.5-19.8	41	14.7	10.6-20.0	59	18.9	14.4-24.3	90	30.9	25.2-37.2	63	21.7	17.0-27.3
Northeast Partnership II	381	34	8.9	6.2-12.8	68	16.8	13.1-21.3	100	25.9	21.1-31.3	109	29.1	24.1-34.7	70	19.2	15.1-24.1
Northeast Partnership I	315	50	17.2	12.9-22.6	54	16.2	11.9-21.7	77	24.6	19.5-30.5	94	29.3	23.9-35.5	40	12.6	9.1-17.1
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	288	38	13.6	9.4-19.1	44	13.0	9.3-17.8	75	25.9	20.4-32.3	79	27.7	22.1-34.1	52	19.9	14.9-26.0
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	374	65	18.7	14.2-24.2	58	15.8	11.9-20.5	64	17.1	13.1-22.0	111	27.5	22.8-32.7	76	21.0	16.5-26.2
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	327	44	14.1	10.3-18.9	41	10.7	7.6-14.9	69	20.8	16.3-26.0	103	31.8	26.2-37.9	70	22.7	17.9-28.2
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	316	29	10.1	6.8-14.7	53	16.5	12.4-21.7	70	22.2	17.5-27.8	115	34.9	29.4-40.8	49	16.3	12.3-21.3
Chatham/Lee/Moore	379	45	14.2	10.2-19.3	50	11.6	8.6-15.5	94	22.1	17.7-27.3	126	33.0	27.8-38.6	64	19.2	14.6-24.8
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	431	82	19.7	15.6-24.6	64	14.0	10.7-18.1	89	18.9	15.1-23.4	131	30.0	25.3-35.2	65	17.4	13.5-22.1
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	289	26	8.7	5.8-13.0	48	17.0	12.5-22.7	69	22.9	18.1-28.6	95	33.6	27.9-40.0	51	17.7	13.4-23.0
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	298	30	11.0	7.2-16.3	42	13.5	9.7-18.4	74	22.2	17.3-28.0	98	36.1	29.2-43.7	54	17.3	13.0-22.6
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	353	34	8.9	6.1-12.7	58	16.6	12.6-21.7	68	19.8	15.5-25.1	139	39.4	33.7-45.4	54	15.3	11.5-20.1
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	489	66	11.6	8.4-16.0	75	15.9	12.3-20.3	100	18.2	14.5-22.6	148	33.1	28.2-38.5	100	21.2	17.2-25.8
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	790	98	13.2	10.4-16.6	135	15.9	13.2-19.0	194	23.4	20.2-27.0	229	29.4	25.8-33.3	134	18.1	15.2-21.4
No	11,520	1,378	12.0	11.2-12.7	1,845	15.8	15.0-16.7	2,453	20.3	19.4-21.2	3,818	33.3	32.2-34.4	2,026	18.6	17.7-19.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	4,034	651	16.9	15.5-18.4	697	16.0	14.7-17.4	836	20.0	18.6-21.5	1,182	29.6	27.9-31.3	668	17.5	16.1-18.9
Piedmont	6,938	672	9.9	9.0-10.8	1,087	15.8	14.7-16.9	1,540	21.2	20.0-22.4	2,410	34.2	32.8-35.7	1,229	18.9	17.7-20.1
Western NC	1,338	153	10.6	8.6-12.9	196	15.4	13.2-18.0	271	18.5	16.2-21.1	455	35.7	32.6-38.9	263	19.8	17.3-22.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	771	94	10.9	8.3-14.2	110	15.5	12.6-19.0	151	18.2	15.2-21.7	253	33.4	29.5-37.6	163	21.9	18.6-25.7
Northwest	2,386	236	10.0	8.6-11.7	369	15.4	13.6-17.3	538	21.6	19.6-23.7	832	35.2	32.9-37.7	411	17.8	16.0-19.7
Charlotte	1,885	176	9.4	7.9-11.2	273	15.3	13.4-17.5	390	19.8	17.6-22.1	686	36.3	33.6-39.0	360	19.2	17.1-21.5
Greensboro	1,636	156	9.8	8.1-11.9	259	15.7	13.6-18.0	357	20.5	18.1-23.1	581	35.4	32.5-38.4	283	18.6	16.3-21.1
Southern Regional	1,280	246	21.4	18.6-24.5	222	16.1	13.9-18.6	257	18.1	15.8-20.7	370	29.5	26.6-32.7	185	14.8	12.7-17.2
Coastal	627	92	14.6	11.7-18.0	87	12.6	9.8-16.0	119	19.7	16.2-23.6	198	30.4	26.5-34.6	131	22.7	19.1-26.8
Wake	1,668	169	10.1	8.4-12.2	296	17.3	15.0-19.9	389	22.0	19.6-24.6	526	31.6	28.7-34.6	288	19.0	16.6-21.7
Area L	475	64	14.7	11.2-19.1	81	15.5	12.1-19.5	123	25.3	21.0-30.2	134	28.1	23.6-33.0	73	16.4	12.9-20.6
Eastern	1,532	230	14.0	12.1-16.1	274	17.0	14.8-19.4	311	20.1	17.8-22.6	455	30.6	27.8-33.5	262	18.4	16.1-20.8

Total
Respond.^

No cost

<$500

$500-$1499

$1500-$4999

$5000+

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

12,310

1,476

12.0

11.3-12.8

1,980

15.8

15.0-16.6

2,647

20.5

19.6-21.4

4,047

33.1

32.1-34.2

2,160

18.6

17.7-19.5

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

335

10.7

7.1-15.7

17.3

13.1-22.5

23.1

18.5-28.4

111

31.0

25.7-36.8

17.9

13.3-23.8

Buncombe

302

7.6

5.0-11.3

14.9

10.6-20.5

19.5

14.9-25.2

111

34.3

28.7-40.3

23.7

18.7-29.6

Cabarrus

367

9.3

6.5-13.2

12.4

9.1-16.7

25.9

21.1-31.3

127

33.5

28.3-39.1

19.0

14.9-23.9

Catawba

302

8.4

5.4-12.8

15.2

11.0-20.6

19.9

15.4-25.4

117

38.3

32.3-44.7

18.2

13.7-23.8

Cumberland

367

26.4

21.5-32.0

19.5

15.4-24.3

16.3

12.6-20.9

28.4

23.2-34.1

9.5

6.7-13.3

Davidson

302

7.4

4.8-11.5

15.6

11.5-20.9

24.8

18.7-32.1

106

32.4

26.7-38.8

19.7

14.6-26.1

Durham

339

8.2

5.4-12.4

21.3

16.5-26.9

20.7

16.4-25.7

110

32.0

26.6-37.8

17.9

13.6-23.3

Forsyth

368

9.8

6.7-14.0

14.0

10.6-18.3

101

25.6

21.0-30.9

112

31.4

26.3-37.0

19.1

14.8-24.4

Gaston

312

13.4

9.5-18.7

13.5

9.8-18.4

20.8

16.2-26.3

108

35.1

29.3-41.3

17.1

13.1-22.1

Guilford

356

7.9

5.0-12.1

16.7

12.8-21.5

20.4

16.0-25.5

131

36.2

30.8-42.0

18.8

14.6-23.9

Iredell

366

9.2

6.1-13.4

16.5

11.6-23.0

18.8

14.9-23.5

139

36.0

30.5-41.8

19.5

15.3-24.5

Johnston

374

10.3

7.4-14.3

16.1

12.1-21.2

22.0

17.4-27.3

117

33.2

27.4-39.5

18.4

13.7-24.2

Mecklenburg

541

8.1

5.9-11.1

16.2

13.0-20.0

105

18.2

14.9-22.1

207

38.9

34.3-43.6

18.6

15.2-22.5

New Hanover

320

14.9

10.9-20.0

11.6

8.4-15.6

16.3

12.2-21.3

110

35.2

29.6-41.2

22.1

17.5-27.5

Onslow

322

24.4

19.5-30.0

23.7

18.8-29.4

16.8

12.7-21.8

23.7

19.0-29.3

11.5

8.1-15.9

Orange

360

9.1

6.0-13.6

17.7

13.6-22.6

18.1

14.0-23.2

130

35.3

29.8-41.2

19.8

15.5-25.0

Pitt

313

15.8

11.6-21.2

17.3

13.1-22.7

20.9

16.2-26.5

29.6

24.3-35.6

16.4

12.4-21.3

Randolph

294

16.1

11.4-22.2

14.1

10.0-19.7

16.3

12.3-21.3

108

35.7

29.7-42.3

17.7

13.0-23.8

Robeson

295

18.1

13.6-23.7

20.3

15.4-26.3

23.7

18.3-30.2

25.0

19.9-30.9

12.9

9.3-17.6

Rowan

368

15.7

11.6-20.8

16.5

12.6-21.2

21.1

16.8-26.3

112

29.1

24.1-34.6

17.6

13.7-22.5

Union

376

6.3

4.1- 9.4

11.0

7.8-15.2

17.1

13.0-22.2

147

40.2

34.3-46.4

25.5

20.6-31.1

Wake

499

10.1

7.5-13.5

17.3

13.7-21.7

111

20.9

17.1-25.2

159

32.5

27.9-37.4

19.2

15.5-23.6

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

292

13.9

9.5-19.8

14.7

10.6-20.0

18.9

14.4-24.3

30.9

25.2-37.2

21.7

17.0-27.3

Northeast Partnership II

381

8.9

6.2-12.8

16.8

13.1-21.3

100

25.9

21.1-31.3

109

29.1

24.1-34.7

19.2

15.1-24.1

Northeast Partnership I

315

17.2

12.9-22.6

16.2

11.9-21.7

24.6

19.5-30.5

29.3

23.9-35.5

12.6

9.1-17.1

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

288

13.6

9.4-19.1

13.0

9.3-17.8

25.9

20.4-32.3

27.7

22.1-34.1

19.9

14.9-26.0

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

374

18.7

14.2-24.2

15.8

11.9-20.5

17.1

13.1-22.0

111

27.5

22.8-32.7

21.0

16.5-26.2

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

327

14.1

10.3-18.9

10.7

7.6-14.9

20.8

16.3-26.0

103

31.8

26.2-37.9

22.7

17.9-28.2

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

316

10.1

6.8-14.7

16.5

12.4-21.7

22.2

17.5-27.8

115

34.9

29.4-40.8

16.3

12.3-21.3

Chatham/Lee/Moore

379

14.2

10.2-19.3

11.6

8.6-15.5

22.1

17.7-27.3

126

33.0

27.8-38.6

19.2

14.6-24.8

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

431

19.7

15.6-24.6

14.0

10.7-18.1

18.9

15.1-23.4

131

30.0

25.3-35.2

17.4

13.5-22.1

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

289

8.7

5.8-13.0

17.0

12.5-22.7

22.9

18.1-28.6

33.6

27.9-40.0

17.7

13.4-23.0

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

298

11.0

7.2-16.3

13.5

9.7-18.4

22.2

17.3-28.0

36.1

29.2-43.7

17.3

13.0-22.6

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

353

8.9

6.1-12.7

16.6

12.6-21.7

19.8

15.5-25.1

139

39.4

33.7-45.4

15.3

11.5-20.1

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

489

11.6

8.4-16.0

15.9

12.3-20.3

100

18.2

14.5-22.6

148

33.1

28.2-38.5

100

21.2

17.2-25.8

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

790

13.2

10.4-16.6

135

15.9

13.2-19.0

194

23.4

20.2-27.0

229

29.4

25.8-33.3

134

18.1

15.2-21.4

11,520

1,378

12.0

11.2-12.7

1,845

15.8

15.0-16.7

2,453

20.3

19.4-21.2

3,818

33.3

32.2-34.4

2,026

18.6

17.7-19.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

4,034

651

16.9

15.5-18.4

697

16.0

14.7-17.4

836

20.0

18.6-21.5

1,182

29.6

27.9-31.3

668

17.5

16.1-18.9

Piedmont

6,938

672

9.9

9.0-10.8

1,087

15.8

14.7-16.9

1,540

21.2

20.0-22.4

2,410

34.2

32.8-35.7

1,229

18.9

17.7-20.1

Western NC

1,338

153

10.6

8.6-12.9

196

15.4

13.2-18.0

271

18.5

16.2-21.1

455

35.7

32.6-38.9

263

19.8

17.3-22.4

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

771

10.9

8.3-14.2

110

15.5

12.6-19.0

151

18.2

15.2-21.7

253

33.4

29.5-37.6

163

21.9

18.6-25.7

Northwest

2,386

236

10.0

8.6-11.7

369

15.4

13.6-17.3

538

21.6

19.6-23.7

832

35.2

32.9-37.7

411

17.8

16.0-19.7

Charlotte

1,885

176

9.4

7.9-11.2

273

15.3

13.4-17.5

390

19.8

17.6-22.1

686

36.3

33.6-39.0

360

19.2

17.1-21.5

Greensboro

1,636

156

9.8

8.1-11.9

259

15.7

13.6-18.0

357

20.5

18.1-23.1

581

35.4

32.5-38.4

283

18.6

16.3-21.1

Southern Regional

1,280

246

21.4

18.6-24.5

222

16.1

13.9-18.6

257

18.1

15.8-20.7

370

29.5

26.6-32.7

185

14.8

12.7-17.2

Coastal

627

14.6

11.7-18.0

12.6

9.8-16.0

119

19.7

16.2-23.6

198

30.4

26.5-34.6

131

22.7

19.1-26.8

Wake

1,668

169

10.1

8.4-12.2

296

17.3

15.0-19.9

389

22.0

19.6-24.6

526

31.6

28.7-34.6

288

19.0

16.6-21.7

Area L

475

14.7

11.2-19.1

15.5

12.1-19.5

123

25.3

21.0-30.2

134

28.1

23.6-33.0

16.4

12.9-20.6

Eastern

1,532

230

14.0

12.1-16.1

274

17.0

14.8-19.4

311

20.1

17.8-22.6

455

30.6

27.8-33.5

262

18.4

16.1-20.8

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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, 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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