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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 7,903 4,830 61.8 60.5-63.2 824 10.9 10.1-11.8 722 9.5 8.7-10.3 1,527 17.8 16.7-18.8
GENDER
Male 2,932 1,979 66.8 64.7-68.9 285 9.7 8.5-11.1 239 8.6 7.4-10.0 429 14.9 13.3-16.6
Female 4,971 2,851 57.2 55.4-58.9 539 12.1 11.0-13.3 483 10.3 9.2-11.4 1,098 20.5 19.1-21.9
RACE
White 6,148 3,849 63.2 61.7-64.7 639 10.9 10.0-11.9 547 9.2 8.3-10.1 1,113 16.7 15.6-17.9
African American 1,257 691 57.4 54.0-60.8 120 9.6 7.8-11.7 122 10.3 8.3-12.7 324 22.7 20.0-25.6
Other Minorities 66 44 68.4 53.2-80.5 8 8.5 3.3-20.1 5 11.8 4.3-28.3 9 11.3 5.3-22.6
AGE
18-24 365 243 65.9 59.3-71.9 37 9.9 6.9-14.2 39 10.2 7.0-14.8 46 13.9 9.7-19.7
25-34 1,317 767 60.5 57.2-63.7 195 14.3 12.1-16.7 163 11.5 9.7-13.6 192 13.8 11.7-16.3
35-44 1,558 871 56.8 53.6-59.9 232 15.2 13.1-17.6 165 9.9 8.2-12.0 290 18.1 15.8-20.7
45-54 1,506 873 59.4 56.3-62.4 161 10.9 9.1-13.0 137 9.4 7.7-11.4 335 20.3 18.0-22.9
55-64 1,345 846 62.9 59.6-66.2 106 8.4 6.7-10.5 110 9.5 7.5-12.0 283 19.1 16.6-21.9
65-74 1,002 658 67.9 64.1-71.5 60 5.7 4.3- 7.7 69 7.1 5.2- 9.8 215 19.2 16.4-22.4
75+ 772 550 73.4 69.4-77.1 32 3.7 2.4- 5.8 33 4.5 3.0- 6.7 157 18.4 15.3-21.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,207 670 53.8 50.1-57.6 83 7.8 6.0-10.0 90 8.7 6.7-11.2 364 29.7 26.4-33.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,175 1,303 60.5 57.8-63.1 217 10.7 9.2-12.5 178 9.1 7.6-10.9 477 19.7 17.7-21.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,925 1,147 60.5 57.7-63.2 239 12.9 11.1-14.8 159 7.8 6.5- 9.4 380 18.8 16.7-21.1
College Graduate 2,586 1,704 67.1 64.8-69.3 285 11.2 9.7-12.8 294 11.2 9.7-12.8 303 10.5 9.2-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 791 374 49.7 44.8-54.5 53 6.4 4.7- 8.6 45 5.5 3.7- 8.2 319 38.4 33.9-43.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,225 609 48.2 44.5-51.9 133 11.6 9.5-14.2 128 12.2 9.8-15.2 355 28.0 24.8-31.3
$25,000- 34,999 870 467 50.2 46.0-54.5 115 13.4 10.8-16.6 92 11.0 8.7-13.9 196 25.3 21.6-29.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,053 620 57.8 54.1-61.4 140 14.6 12.1-17.6 127 12.2 10.1-14.8 166 15.4 12.9-18.2
$50,000-74,999 1,042 690 67.4 63.8-70.7 144 13.6 11.3-16.3 101 9.6 7.7-11.9 107 9.4 7.5-11.7
$75,000+ 1,286 953 74.3 71.3-77.2 119 9.3 7.5-11.4 119 8.8 7.1-11.0 95 7.5 6.0- 9.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,346 1,187 51.9 49.2-54.5 204 9.6 8.1-11.4 217 9.9 8.4-11.6 738 28.6 26.4-31.0
No 5,496 3,609 65.6 64.0-67.2 618 11.5 10.5-12.6 500 9.2 8.3-10.2 769 13.7 12.5-14.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 943 688 72.9 69.4-76.2 85 9.3 7.3-11.8 51 5.2 3.8- 7.1 119 12.5 10.2-15.3
Non-Veteran 6,933 4,125 60.1 58.6-61.5 734 11.1 10.2-12.1 669 10.2 9.3-11.1 1,405 18.6 17.5-19.8
Currently Serving 25 16 59.7 37.7-78.4 5 23.6 9.7-47.1 1 5.4 0.8-29.8 3 11.3 3.1-33.4

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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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