BRFSS 2004 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	440	97	22.9	18.5-27.8	343	77.1	72.2-81.5
GENDER
Male	153	28	22.0	15.1-30.9	125	78.0	69.1-84.9
Female	287	69	23.6	18.7-29.4	218	76.4	70.6-81.3
RACE
White	368	70	20.3	15.9-25.7	298	79.7	74.3-84.1
Other	70	27	34.3	22.7-48.1	43	65.7	51.9-77.3
AGE
18-44	172	51	28.2	21.2-36.4	121	71.8	63.6-78.8
45+	267	46	18.7	13.6-25.2	221	81.3	74.8-86.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	237	66	28.4	22.0-35.7	171	71.6	64.3-78.0
Some College +	203	31	15.8	10.8-22.5	172	84.2	77.5-89.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	254	72	30.9	24.4-38.2	182	69.1	61.8-75.6
$50,000+	103	11	11.4	5.9-20.9	92	88.6	79.1-94.1

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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
-Rowan County	440	97	22.9	18.5-27.8	343	77.1	72.2-81.5
GENDER
Male	153	28	22.0	15.1-30.9	125	78.0	69.1-84.9
Female	287	69	23.6	18.7-29.4	218	76.4	70.6-81.3
RACE
White	368	70	20.3	15.9-25.7	298	79.7	74.3-84.1
Other	70	27	34.3	22.7-48.1	43	65.7	51.9-77.3
AGE
18-44	172	51	28.2	21.2-36.4	121	71.8	63.6-78.8
45+	267	46	18.7	13.6-25.2	221	81.3	74.8-86.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	237	66	28.4	22.0-35.7	171	71.6	64.3-78.0
Some College +	203	31	15.8	10.8-22.5	172	84.2	77.5-89.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	254	72	30.9	24.4-38.2	182	69.1	61.8-75.6
$50,000+	103	11	11.4	5.9-20.9	92	88.6	79.1-94.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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?