BRFSS 2004 - Orange 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
-Orange County	401	44	10.9	7.8-15.1	357	89.1	84.9-92.2
GENDER
Male	147	14	9.6	5.5-16.4	133	90.4	83.6-94.5
Female	254	30	12.0	7.8-18.0	224	88.0	82.0-92.2
RACE
White	315	28	9.0	6.0-13.2	287	91.0	86.8-94.0
Other	83	15	16.7	8.8-29.4	68	83.3	70.6-91.2
AGE
18-44	191	20	8.7	5.2-14.2	171	91.3	85.8-94.8
45+	209	24	13.3	8.5-20.3	185	86.7	79.7-91.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	81	19	24.5	14.7-38.1	62	75.5	61.9-85.3
Some College +	320	25	6.9	4.5-10.5	295	93.1	89.5-95.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	148	28	19.8	12.9-29.0	120	80.2	71.0-87.1
$50,000+	170	10	5.5	2.7-11.1	160	94.5	88.9-97.3

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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	14,531	2,442	16.1	15.4-16.8	12,089	83.9	83.2-84.6
-Orange County	401	44	10.9	7.8-15.1	357	89.1	84.9-92.2
GENDER
Male	147	14	9.6	5.5-16.4	133	90.4	83.6-94.5
Female	254	30	12.0	7.8-18.0	224	88.0	82.0-92.2
RACE
White	315	28	9.0	6.0-13.2	287	91.0	86.8-94.0
Other	83	15	16.7	8.8-29.4	68	83.3	70.6-91.2
AGE
18-44	191	20	8.7	5.2-14.2	171	91.3	85.8-94.8
45+	209	24	13.3	8.5-20.3	185	86.7	79.7-91.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	81	19	24.5	14.7-38.1	62	75.5	61.9-85.3
Some College +	320	25	6.9	4.5-10.5	295	93.1	89.5-95.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	148	28	19.8	12.9-29.0	120	80.2	71.0-87.1
$50,000+	170	10	5.5	2.7-11.1	160	94.5	88.9-97.3

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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?