BRFSS 2004 - Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties: (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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	519	122	22.1	18.3-26.5	397	77.9	73.5-81.7
GENDER
Male	193	33	17.5	12.3-24.4	160	82.5	75.6-87.7
Female	326	89	26.6	21.5-32.3	237	73.4	67.7-78.5
RACE
White	339	53	16.1	12.1-21.1	286	83.9	78.9-87.9
Other	178	68	33.3	25.9-41.6	110	66.7	58.4-74.1
AGE
18-44	198	55	24.8	18.8-32.1	143	75.2	67.9-81.2
45+	318	67	20.7	16.0-26.3	251	79.3	73.7-84.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	287	81	27.3	21.9-33.6	206	72.7	66.4-78.1
Some College +	230	41	15.5	10.9-21.6	189	84.5	78.4-89.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	309	92	28.2	22.8-34.3	217	71.8	65.7-77.2
$50,000+	105	14	14.7	8.3-24.7	91	85.3	75.3-91.7

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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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	519	122	22.1	18.3-26.5	397	77.9	73.5-81.7
GENDER
Male	193	33	17.5	12.3-24.4	160	82.5	75.6-87.7
Female	326	89	26.6	21.5-32.3	237	73.4	67.7-78.5
RACE
White	339	53	16.1	12.1-21.1	286	83.9	78.9-87.9
Other	178	68	33.3	25.9-41.6	110	66.7	58.4-74.1
AGE
18-44	198	55	24.8	18.8-32.1	143	75.2	67.9-81.2
45+	318	67	20.7	16.0-26.3	251	79.3	73.7-84.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	287	81	27.3	21.9-33.6	206	72.7	66.4-78.1
Some College +	230	41	15.5	10.9-21.6	189	84.5	78.4-89.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	309	92	28.2	22.8-34.3	217	71.8	65.7-77.2
$50,000+	105	14	14.7	8.3-24.7	91	85.3	75.3-91.7

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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?