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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

Excluding insurance premiums, in the past year, what would you estimate your family's out-of-pocket healthcare costs have been?

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  Total
Respond.^
No cost <$500 $500-$1499 $1500-$4999 $5000+
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,310 1,476 12.0 11.3-12.8 1,980 15.8 15.0-16.6 2,647 20.5 19.6-21.4 4,047 33.1 32.1-34.2 2,160 18.6 17.7-19.5
-New Hanover County 320 46 14.9 10.9-20.0 44 11.6 8.4-15.6 52 16.3 12.2-21.3 110 35.2 29.6-41.2 68 22.1 17.5-27.5
GENDER
Male 134 21 15.3 9.6-23.3 19 11.9 7.4-18.6 24 19.1 12.8-27.6 41 31.9 24.1-40.8 29 21.9 15.4-30.2
Female 186 25 14.6 9.5-21.6 25 11.2 7.4-16.7 28 13.4 9.0-19.4 69 38.6 30.9-46.8 39 22.3 16.3-29.7
RACE
White 269 38 14.2 10.1-19.5 35 10.9 7.7-15.3 41 15.1 10.9-20.5 98 38.0 31.7-44.6 57 21.9 17.0-27.7
Other 48 7 18.2 7.9-36.5 9 15.2 7.3-29.0 11 23.2 12.5-39.1 11 20.1 10.7-34.4 10 23.3 12.3-39.7
AGE
18-44 123 20 17.5 11.0-26.5 14 9.3 5.2-16.0 23 16.8 10.8-25.1 45 37.5 28.5-47.3 21 19.0 12.4-27.9
45+ 197 26 13.1 8.5-19.5 30 13.2 9.0-18.8 29 15.9 10.8-22.8 65 33.6 26.6-41.3 47 24.3 18.3-31.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 18 21.1 13.0-32.3 11 11.9 6.4-20.9 14 16.7 9.6-27.4 26 29.9 20.3-41.8 14 20.4 12.2-32.1
Some College + 237 28 12.5 8.2-18.4 33 11.4 7.9-16.3 38 16.1 11.4-22.1 84 37.2 30.6-44.4 54 22.8 17.5-29.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 25 15.0 10.0-21.9 25 15.2 10.0-22.4 31 20.7 14.2-29.2 48 29.0 21.7-37.5 28 20.1 13.8-28.3
$50,000+ 99 4 4.9 1.7-13.2 10 8.4 4.4-15.4 17 16.7 10.3-25.8 38 41.3 31.5-51.9 30 28.7 20.4-38.8

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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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