BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.): (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 II	465	80	19.3	15.4-23.9	385	80.7	76.1-84.6
GENDER
Male	152	22	16.4	10.9-24.1	130	83.6	75.9-89.1
Female	313	58	21.6	16.6-27.6	255	78.4	72.4-83.4
RACE
White	298	43	15.6	11.4-20.9	255	84.4	79.1-88.6
Other	166	36	24.7	17.7-33.2	130	75.3	66.8-82.3
AGE
18-44	134	27	20.3	13.7-29.1	107	79.7	70.9-86.3
45+	330	52	18.7	14.1-24.2	278	81.3	75.8-85.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	256	45	21.3	15.8-28.1	211	78.7	71.9-84.2
Some College +	209	35	16.9	12.0-23.3	174	83.1	76.7-88.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	284	57	24.5	18.9-31.0	227	75.5	69.0-81.1
$50,000+	84	9	10.8	5.5-20.2	75	89.2	79.8-94.5

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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 II	465	80	19.3	15.4-23.9	385	80.7	76.1-84.6
GENDER
Male	152	22	16.4	10.9-24.1	130	83.6	75.9-89.1
Female	313	58	21.6	16.6-27.6	255	78.4	72.4-83.4
RACE
White	298	43	15.6	11.4-20.9	255	84.4	79.1-88.6
Other	166	36	24.7	17.7-33.2	130	75.3	66.8-82.3
AGE
18-44	134	27	20.3	13.7-29.1	107	79.7	70.9-86.3
45+	330	52	18.7	14.1-24.2	278	81.3	75.8-85.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	256	45	21.3	15.8-28.1	211	78.7	71.9-84.2
Some College +	209	35	16.9	12.0-23.3	174	83.1	76.7-88.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	284	57	24.5	18.9-31.0	227	75.5	69.0-81.1
$50,000+	84	9	10.8	5.5-20.2	75	89.2	79.8-94.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

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?