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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

Health Care Cost/Under Insurance

About how much money does your household pay monthly for health insurance premiums
(this would include any amount your household pays for health insurance either directly or taken out of paychecks)?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 No cost <$100 $100-$299 $300-$499 $500+
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,206 2,784 20.9 20.1-21.8 4,692 40.0 38.9-41.2 2,945 23.8 22.8-24.7 1,240 10.5 9.8-11.2 545 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Piedmont NC 6,745 1,412 19.1 17.9-20.2 2,492 38.7 37.2-40.2 1,787 25.8 24.5-27.2 731 11.2 10.3-12.2 323 5.2 4.6- 5.9
GENDER
Male 2,575 476 16.5 14.9-18.3 998 40.6 38.2-43.0 677 25.7 23.7-27.8 278 11.4 9.9-13.0 146 5.8 4.9- 7.0
Female 4,170 936 21.6 20.1-23.2 1,494 36.7 34.9-38.6 1,110 26.0 24.3-27.7 453 11.1 9.9-12.3 177 4.6 3.8- 5.5
RACE
White 5,226 1,089 19.6 18.3-20.9 1,633 31.1 29.5-32.7 1,537 29.0 27.5-30.6 662 13.7 12.5-15.0 305 6.6 5.8- 7.5
African American 1,076 277 23.2 20.3-26.4 557 52.0 48.2-55.7 190 19.4 16.5-22.7 43 4.1 2.9- 5.9 9 1.3 0.6- 2.6
Other Minorities 58 6 9.0 3.6-21.1 22 35.1 22.2-50.6 19 40.6 25.6-57.6 8 10.9 4.5-24.1 3 4.4 1.3-13.7
AGE
18-24 325 96 22.5 17.7-28.1 187 66.7 60.3-72.6 32 9.1 5.8-14.0 9 1.5 0.7- 2.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
25-34 1,172 242 18.1 15.6-20.8 501 46.6 43.0-50.2 279 23.0 20.2-26.0 104 8.0 6.4-10.0 46 4.4 3.1- 6.2
35-44 1,380 224 15.3 13.1-17.8 537 39.4 36.2-42.8 366 25.9 23.1-28.9 180 13.8 11.6-16.3 73 5.5 4.2- 7.2
45-54 1,320 269 19.2 16.7-21.9 494 34.0 31.0-37.2 319 25.1 22.2-28.1 145 13.0 10.8-15.7 93 8.7 6.9-10.9
55-64 1,147 271 21.8 18.9-24.9 395 32.5 29.1-36.0 270 26.4 23.1-30.0 144 13.5 11.1-16.3 67 5.9 4.4- 7.7
65-74 825 168 20.5 17.2-24.2 241 31.7 27.6-36.0 306 34.4 30.5-38.6 82 10.0 7.7-12.9 28 3.4 2.2- 5.4
75+ 555 137 23.5 19.5-28.1 130 24.1 19.8-28.8 208 36.1 31.3-41.2 65 13.8 10.1-18.6 15 2.5 1.4- 4.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,053 215 15.9 13.4-18.7 557 62.0 58.2-65.6 209 16.0 13.6-18.8 55 4.7 3.4- 6.4 17 1.4 0.8- 2.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,862 370 19.5 17.4-21.8 766 43.0 40.1-46.0 472 23.5 21.2-25.9 184 9.6 8.0-11.4 70 4.4 3.3- 5.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,679 344 18.3 16.2-20.7 596 37.3 34.3-40.4 457 26.6 24.0-29.3 200 13.0 11.1-15.3 82 4.7 3.7- 6.1
College Graduate 2,145 483 20.7 18.7-22.9 571 25.6 23.4-27.9 645 31.5 29.0-34.1 292 14.2 12.4-16.2 154 7.9 6.6- 9.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 743 208 25.7 22.0-29.7 369 57.3 52.6-61.9 128 13.0 10.3-16.3 32 3.3 2.1- 5.1 6 0.7 0.3- 1.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,117 190 14.4 12.1-17.1 553 56.4 52.6-60.1 273 21.1 18.4-24.2 79 6.1 4.6- 7.9 22 2.0 1.2- 3.3
$25,000- 34,999 791 164 18.8 15.8-22.3 328 43.2 38.9-47.7 193 23.9 20.4-27.9 81 10.0 7.7-12.9 25 4.0 2.5- 6.3
$35,000- 49,999 946 185 17.1 14.4-20.1 303 33.3 29.7-37.2 295 31.3 27.8-35.0 122 12.5 10.2-15.3 41 5.8 4.0- 8.4
$50,000-74,999 906 196 21.6 18.5-25.1 250 27.8 24.4-31.6 260 28.2 24.7-31.9 140 16.4 13.6-19.6 60 6.0 4.5- 8.1
$75,000+ 1,081 182 15.6 13.2-18.4 231 21.3 18.5-24.5 355 34.4 30.9-38.1 188 18.1 15.4-21.3 125 10.4 8.5-12.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,985 479 22.7 20.5-25.1 759 40.6 37.7-43.5 478 22.7 20.5-25.1 186 9.2 7.7-10.9 83 4.9 3.8- 6.2
No 4,561 922 18.3 17.0-19.8 1,563 35.9 34.1-37.7 1,297 27.8 26.2-29.5 539 12.3 11.2-13.6 240 5.6 4.8- 6.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 823 154 18.0 15.1-21.3 291 34.4 30.5-38.4 238 28.1 24.6-31.9 95 13.7 10.9-17.1 45 5.8 4.2- 8.1
Non-Veteran 5,884 1,245 19.1 17.9-20.4 2,183 39.4 37.7-41.0 1,544 25.5 24.1-27.0 634 10.9 9.9-11.9 278 5.2 4.5- 5.9
Currently Serving 26 13 49.0 29.3-69.0 7 25.0 11.3-46.6 4 18.9 6.8-42.7 2 7.1 1.7-24.5 0 0.0 . - .

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*Asked only of respondents who reported having some type of health insurance.

^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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