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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

What do you think your household has had to give up in the last year to pay health care costs?

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Respond.^
Nothing Only extra activities Only non-necessities Living expenses
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,172 8,738 61.6 60.6-62.6 1,415 10.8 10.2-11.5 1,232 9.0 8.4- 9.6 2,787 18.7 17.9-19.5
-NE Partnership I 377 209 55.0 49.1-60.7 43 11.9 8.6-16.2 27 7.2 4.6-11.1 98 25.9 21.2-31.4
GENDER
Male 127 73 55.3 45.5-64.6 13 10.7 6.0-18.1 9 7.7 3.9-14.5 32 26.4 18.6-36.1
Female 250 136 54.7 47.6-61.7 30 12.8 8.7-18.5 18 6.9 3.8-12.2 66 25.6 20.0-32.1
RACE
White 164 99 61.6 52.9-69.7 20 12.1 7.6-18.9 11 5.7 3.0-10.7 34 20.5 14.4-28.5
Other 208 105 49.0 41.2-56.9 23 12.0 7.7-18.2 16 8.5 4.7-14.8 64 30.5 23.8-38.2
AGE
18-44 130 71 56.1 46.2-65.5 25 18.9 12.5-27.6 8 4.8 2.0-10.9 26 20.3 13.2-29.8
45+ 247 138 54.2 47.0-61.2 18 6.9 4.2-11.2 19 8.9 5.3-14.7 72 29.9 23.9-36.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 238 128 51.6 44.2-58.9 22 9.9 6.2-15.2 18 7.5 4.5-12.3 70 31.0 24.5-38.4
Some College + 139 81 60.5 51.0-69.3 21 15.1 9.5-23.2 9 6.7 2.8-15.0 28 17.7 12.0-25.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 116 49.6 42.2-57.0 25 11.6 7.6-17.3 18 7.8 4.4-13.6 75 31.0 24.6-38.2
$50,000+ 46 32 72.6 56.8-84.2 9 16.6 8.0-31.4 2 3.2 0.7-13.6 3 7.6 2.3-22.2

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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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