BRFSS 2004 - New Hanover County: (In the past year, did you or another family member in your household have any problems paying medical bills?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,543	2,978	19.5	18.7-20.3	11,565	80.5	79.7-81.3
-New Hanover County	367	62	16.2	12.5-20.8	305	83.8	79.2-87.5
GENDER
Male	142	14	10.9	6.4-18.0	128	89.1	82.0-93.6
Female	225	48	21.1	15.8-27.6	177	78.9	72.4-84.2
RACE
White	301	48	15.7	11.7-20.8	253	84.3	79.2-88.3
Other	63	13	18.2	10.0-30.7	50	81.8	69.3-90.0
AGE
18-44	140	23	15.2	9.8-22.8	117	84.8	77.2-90.2
45+	226	39	17.1	12.4-23.1	187	82.9	76.9-87.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	113	22	20.5	13.3-30.2	91	79.5	69.8-86.7
Some College +	253	40	14.1	10.2-19.2	213	85.9	80.8-89.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	176	33	18.3	12.8-25.4	143	81.7	74.6-87.2
$50,000+	103	14	11.8	6.7-19.8	89	88.2	80.2-93.3

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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	14,543	2,978	19.5	18.7-20.3	11,565	80.5	79.7-81.3
-New Hanover County	367	62	16.2	12.5-20.8	305	83.8	79.2-87.5
GENDER
Male	142	14	10.9	6.4-18.0	128	89.1	82.0-93.6
Female	225	48	21.1	15.8-27.6	177	78.9	72.4-84.2
RACE
White	301	48	15.7	11.7-20.8	253	84.3	79.2-88.3
Other	63	13	18.2	10.0-30.7	50	81.8	69.3-90.0
AGE
18-44	140	23	15.2	9.8-22.8	117	84.8	77.2-90.2
45+	226	39	17.1	12.4-23.1	187	82.9	76.9-87.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	113	22	20.5	13.3-30.2	91	79.5	69.8-86.7
Some College +	253	40	14.1	10.2-19.2	213	85.9	80.8-89.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	176	33	18.3	12.8-25.4	143	81.7	74.6-87.2
$50,000+	103	14	11.8	6.7-19.8	89	88.2	80.2-93.3

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

In the past year, did you or another family member in your household have any problems paying medical bills?