BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren): (In the past year, have you or anyone living in your household been contacted by a collection agency about owing money for medical bills?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,531	2,442	16.1	15.4-16.8	12,089	83.9	83.2-84.6
-NE Partnership I	388	105	27.1	22.3-32.6	283	72.9	67.4-77.7
GENDER
Male	131	25	20.3	13.7-29.0	106	79.7	71.0-86.3
Female	257	80	32.4	26.1-39.5	177	67.6	60.5-73.9
RACE
White	171	32	18.0	12.3-25.6	139	82.0	74.4-87.7
Other	212	73	34.5	27.5-42.2	139	65.5	57.8-72.5
AGE
18-44	130	36	25.6	18.2-34.8	94	74.4	65.2-81.8
45+	258	69	28.1	22.1-35.0	189	71.9	65.0-77.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	246	74	31.1	24.8-38.2	172	68.9	61.8-75.2
Some College +	142	31	20.5	13.8-29.4	111	79.5	70.6-86.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	244	81	33.5	27.0-40.7	163	66.5	59.3-73.0
$50,000+	47	5	11.4	4.2-27.1	42	88.6	72.9-95.8

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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, 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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,531	2,442	16.1	15.4-16.8	12,089	83.9	83.2-84.6
-NE Partnership I	388	105	27.1	22.3-32.6	283	72.9	67.4-77.7
GENDER
Male	131	25	20.3	13.7-29.0	106	79.7	71.0-86.3
Female	257	80	32.4	26.1-39.5	177	67.6	60.5-73.9
RACE
White	171	32	18.0	12.3-25.6	139	82.0	74.4-87.7
Other	212	73	34.5	27.5-42.2	139	65.5	57.8-72.5
AGE
18-44	130	36	25.6	18.2-34.8	94	74.4	65.2-81.8
45+	258	69	28.1	22.1-35.0	189	71.9	65.0-77.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	246	74	31.1	24.8-38.2	172	68.9	61.8-75.2
Some College +	142	31	20.5	13.8-29.4	111	79.5	70.6-86.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	244	81	33.5	27.0-40.7	163	66.5	59.3-73.0
$50,000+	47	5	11.4	4.2-27.1	42	88.6	72.9-95.8

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

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

In the past year, have you or anyone living in your household been contacted by a collection agency about owing money for medical bills?