BRFSS 2004 - Onslow County: (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
-Onslow County	378	53	13.3	9.9-17.6	325	86.7	82.4-90.1
GENDER
Male	141	13	7.7	4.3-13.4	128	92.3	86.6-95.7
Female	237	40	18.5	13.3-25.1	197	81.5	74.9-86.7
RACE
White	285	29	8.8	6.0-12.8	256	91.2	87.2-94.0
Other	90	24	27.1	17.7-39.1	66	72.9	60.9-82.3
AGE
18-44	182	28	14.1	9.4-20.5	154	85.9	79.5-90.6
45+	193	25	12.7	8.2-19.0	168	87.3	81.0-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	174	27	15.5	10.5-22.3	147	84.5	77.7-89.5
Some College +	202	26	11.5	7.4-17.5	176	88.5	82.5-92.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	222	39	16.9	12.1-23.1	183	83.1	76.9-87.9
$50,000+	86	6	5.7	2.3-13.3	80	94.3	86.7-97.7

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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
-Onslow County	378	53	13.3	9.9-17.6	325	86.7	82.4-90.1
GENDER
Male	141	13	7.7	4.3-13.4	128	92.3	86.6-95.7
Female	237	40	18.5	13.3-25.1	197	81.5	74.9-86.7
RACE
White	285	29	8.8	6.0-12.8	256	91.2	87.2-94.0
Other	90	24	27.1	17.7-39.1	66	72.9	60.9-82.3
AGE
18-44	182	28	14.1	9.4-20.5	154	85.9	79.5-90.6
45+	193	25	12.7	8.2-19.0	168	87.3	81.0-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	174	27	15.5	10.5-22.3	147	84.5	77.7-89.5
Some College +	202	26	11.5	7.4-17.5	176	88.5	82.5-92.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	222	39	16.9	12.1-23.1	183	83.1	76.9-87.9
$50,000+	86	6	5.7	2.3-13.3	80	94.3	86.7-97.7

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

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?