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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

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
-Union County 407 231 60.4 54.8-65.7 56 13.4 10.1-17.5 42 9.1 6.5-12.4 78 17.2 13.5-21.7
GENDER
Male 123 77 62.6 52.7-71.6 17 14.0 8.6-21.9 11 7.3 3.8-13.5 18 16.1 10.1-24.9
Female 284 154 59.0 52.2-65.4 39 13.0 9.2-18.0 31 10.2 7.0-14.5 60 17.9 13.5-23.2
RACE
White 350 196 59.2 53.1-65.0 52 14.8 11.0-19.5 37 9.5 6.7-13.3 65 16.5 12.7-21.3
Other 56 34 64.8 49.8-77.4 4 7.0 2.5-18.2 5 7.2 2.8-17.2 13 21.0 11.3-35.5
AGE
18-44 177 95 58.5 50.1-66.4 34 16.3 11.4-22.8 20 8.9 5.6-14.0 28 16.3 11.0-23.3
45+ 229 136 62.2 54.6-69.3 22 10.9 6.9-16.8 22 9.2 5.8-14.2 49 17.7 12.9-23.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 158 96 63.9 55.0-71.9 8 4.5 2.2- 9.0 12 6.5 3.5-11.8 42 25.1 18.1-33.7
Some College + 249 135 58.3 51.0-65.2 48 18.8 13.9-24.9 30 10.6 7.2-15.3 36 12.4 8.6-17.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 170 85 53.4 44.7-62.0 19 11.0 6.7-17.5 21 9.3 5.8-14.6 45 26.3 19.4-34.5
$50,000+ 162 100 66.4 57.9-74.0 28 14.9 10.1-21.5 18 10.7 6.6-17.0 16 7.9 4.6-13.4

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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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