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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 360 30 9.1 6.0-13.6 64 17.7 13.6-22.6 67 18.1 14.0-23.2 130 35.3 29.8-41.2 69 19.8 15.5-25.0
GENDER
Male 131 15 13.3 7.6-22.2 25 18.2 11.9-26.8 24 18.5 12.3-26.9 45 33.2 24.8-42.7 22 16.9 10.8-25.4
Female 229 15 5.5 3.2- 9.4 39 17.2 12.5-23.3 43 17.8 12.6-24.4 85 37.1 30.3-44.5 47 22.4 16.7-29.3
RACE
White 285 18 6.3 3.8-10.3 48 17.0 12.6-22.7 49 16.1 12.0-21.3 112 38.7 32.5-45.3 58 21.9 16.8-28.0
Other 72 11 17.8 8.9-32.6 16 20.2 11.9-32.1 18 25.3 14.9-39.4 17 24.1 14.3-37.6 10 12.7 6.1-24.4
AGE
18-44 168 14 9.7 5.2-17.7 28 18.4 12.3-26.4 33 18.3 12.8-25.5 61 34.4 26.8-42.9 32 19.2 13.4-26.8
45+ 191 16 8.5 5.0-14.2 36 17.1 12.2-23.4 34 18.0 12.2-25.7 68 35.9 28.4-44.2 37 20.5 14.5-28.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 67 12 20.3 10.5-35.6 16 18.7 10.9-30.1 11 17.5 8.5-32.5 20 32.0 20.0-47.0 8 11.5 5.2-23.5
Some College + 293 18 5.9 3.5- 9.8 48 17.4 12.9-23.1 56 18.3 13.9-23.7 110 36.2 30.3-42.6 61 22.2 17.2-28.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 134 16 12.7 7.4-20.9 29 21.4 14.2-31.0 28 21.1 13.8-31.1 45 32.3 23.6-42.4 16 12.5 7.1-21.0
$50,000+ 157 3 2.2 0.7- 6.8 21 13.7 8.9-20.6 26 16.4 11.1-23.8 62 38.1 30.2-46.7 45 29.5 22.1-38.0

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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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