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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

About how much money does your household pay monthly for health insurance premiums
(this would include any amount your household pays for health insurance either directly or taken out of paychecks)?*

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  Total
Respond.^
No cost <$100 $100-$299 $300-$499 $500+
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,206 2,784 20.9 20.1-21.8 4,692 40.0 38.9-41.2 2,945 23.8 22.8-24.7 1,240 10.5 9.8-11.2 545 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-New Hanover County 308 71 21.2 16.4-26.9 105 35.3 29.3-41.8 73 23.1 18.3-28.7 39 12.9 9.4-17.6 20 7.5 4.8-11.5
GENDER
Male 132 24 16.6 10.8-24.5 51 41.3 32.2-51.1 29 20.9 14.5-29.1 17 12.4 7.7-19.4 11 8.8 4.9-15.5
Female 176 47 26.3 19.2-34.8 54 28.6 21.8-36.6 44 25.6 18.9-33.6 22 13.5 8.7-20.5 9 6.0 3.0-11.4
RACE
White 254 54 20.2 15.2-26.5 81 31.4 25.4-38.1 67 26.7 21.1-33.2 35 14.3 10.2-19.7 17 7.3 4.5-11.6
Other 51 15 23.9 13.0-39.7 24 53.3 36.8-69.1 5 7.1 2.6-17.8 4 7.4 2.6-19.3 3 8.3 2.6-23.3
AGE
18-44 120 23 19.7 12.6-29.4 50 42.3 32.4-52.9 29 22.6 15.6-31.7 12 9.8 5.5-17.0 6 5.5 2.5-11.8
45+ 188 48 22.3 16.4-29.6 55 29.8 22.9-37.7 44 23.5 17.4-30.9 27 15.4 10.5-22.1 14 9.0 5.2-15.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 89 24 23.1 14.8-34.2 34 41.8 30.1-54.5 21 22.2 14.2-33.0 7 9.1 4.2-18.4 3 3.9 1.1-12.8
Some College + 218 47 20.3 14.8-27.1 70 32.1 25.5-39.4 52 23.6 17.9-30.4 32 14.8 10.4-20.7 17 9.2 5.7-14.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 151 34 19.6 13.6-27.6 66 47.3 38.4-56.4 28 15.3 10.2-22.2 14 9.7 5.5-16.5 9 8.1 4.2-15.2
$50,000+ 92 14 15.0 8.4-25.4 21 21.5 14.0-31.5 30 34.6 25.0-45.6 18 18.6 11.8-28.1 9 10.3 5.3-18.9

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*Asked only of respondents who reported having some type of health insurance.

^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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