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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 359 245 68.4 62.8-73.5 29 7.6 5.2-11.0 32 8.4 5.8-12.1 53 15.6 11.7-20.3
GENDER
Male 139 104 74.0 65.4-81.1 10 6.0 3.1-11.1 9 6.3 3.2-12.2 16 13.7 8.5-21.4
Female 220 141 63.4 55.9-70.2 19 9.1 5.7-14.3 23 10.3 6.7-15.6 37 17.2 12.2-23.7
RACE
White 293 197 66.7 60.5-72.4 25 8.1 5.4-12.0 31 10.2 7.0-14.6 40 15.0 10.8-20.3
Other 63 46 75.7 62.2-85.5 3 5.1 1.5-15.9 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 13 18.5 10.2-31.2
AGE
18-44 135 94 69.0 59.7-77.0 10 7.2 3.8-13.4 11 8.5 4.6-15.3 20 15.3 9.6-23.3
45+ 223 150 67.9 60.7-74.2 19 7.9 5.0-12.5 21 8.4 5.3-13.0 33 15.8 11.1-22.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 113 81 70.5 60.1-79.2 7 6.3 2.9-13.3 5 3.7 1.5- 8.9 20 19.5 12.3-29.5
Some College + 246 164 67.3 60.6-73.4 22 8.3 5.3-12.6 27 10.9 7.2-16.0 33 13.5 9.5-18.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 106 60.6 52.1-68.6 13 7.8 4.4-13.6 16 9.2 5.3-15.4 36 22.3 16.0-30.2
$50,000+ 102 74 72.6 62.5-80.7 11 10.0 5.5-17.6 11 11.3 6.3-19.7 6 6.1 2.6-13.8

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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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