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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 394 274 70.4 65.0-75.2 30 7.9 5.4-11.4 40 10.2 7.3-13.9 50 11.6 8.3-15.8
GENDER
Male 143 113 80.6 72.8-86.6 8 6.3 3.2-12.2 15 8.4 4.9-14.0 7 4.7 2.0-10.8
Female 251 161 61.6 54.4-68.4 22 9.3 5.9-14.2 25 11.7 7.7-17.3 43 17.4 12.4-24.0
RACE
White 310 218 70.3 64.2-75.7 24 8.2 5.4-12.3 30 10.3 7.0-14.9 38 11.2 7.9-15.8
Other 81 53 70.0 57.3-80.2 6 7.2 3.1-16.1 10 9.8 5.1-18.2 12 12.9 6.0-25.6
AGE
18-44 188 128 71.1 63.5-77.7 21 10.7 6.9-16.3 18 8.6 5.1-14.0 21 9.6 5.9-15.3
45+ 205 145 69.5 61.5-76.4 9 5.0 2.4-10.1 22 11.8 7.7-17.8 29 13.7 8.8-20.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 54 67.0 53.6-78.1 6 7.6 3.4-16.3 5 5.7 2.2-14.0 15 19.7 10.7-33.4
Some College + 314 220 71.4 65.5-76.6 24 8.0 5.2-12.1 35 11.5 8.1-16.1 35 9.1 6.3-13.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 147 94 64.6 54.9-73.1 11 7.7 4.1-14.0 20 12.3 7.8-18.9 22 15.4 9.3-24.5
$50,000+ 167 123 73.6 65.5-80.4 15 9.2 5.4-15.4 14 9.0 5.1-15.5 15 8.1 4.6-14.1

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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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