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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

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
-Union County 360 56 14.1 10.7-18.5 105 30.8 25.3-36.9 108 27.9 22.9-33.4 60 18.0 13.5-23.6 31 9.2 6.0-13.8
GENDER
Male 112 16 14.4 8.7-22.8 38 30.3 21.8-40.5 28 25.7 17.6-36.0 22 22.9 14.3-34.6 8 6.7 3.2-13.6
Female 248 40 14.0 10.0-19.3 67 31.2 24.3-39.0 80 29.2 23.3-36.0 38 14.8 10.6-20.3 23 10.8 6.5-17.4
RACE
White 310 48 15.0 11.1-20.0 76 23.2 18.2-29.1 100 30.5 24.9-36.7 56 20.1 15.0-26.6 30 11.1 7.3-16.6
Other 50 8 10.1 4.7-20.6 29 64.9 49.4-77.8 8 16.1 7.7-30.7 4 8.3 2.9-21.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3
AGE
18-44 164 22 11.9 7.6-18.3 52 37.0 28.6-46.2 46 26.9 19.8-35.4 27 13.6 9.2-19.9 17 10.5 5.9-18.2
45+ 195 34 16.3 11.3-22.8 53 25.1 18.6-33.0 62 28.9 22.3-36.6 32 21.8 14.6-31.0 14 7.9 4.3-14.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 144 20 13.6 8.5-20.9 57 42.8 33.7-52.3 39 26.2 18.7-35.5 20 12.9 8.1-19.9 8 4.5 2.0- 9.8
Some College + 216 36 14.5 10.1-20.4 48 22.9 16.6-30.8 69 28.9 22.6-36.2 40 21.3 14.9-29.5 23 12.3 7.6-19.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 29 16.3 11.0-23.4 59 38.3 29.9-47.5 46 29.2 21.6-38.3 21 12.0 7.6-18.5 6 4.2 1.8- 9.7
$50,000+ 147 14 9.4 5.3-16.0 31 23.4 15.7-33.3 46 27.2 20.0-35.9 36 27.5 19.1-37.8 20 12.5 7.2-20.9

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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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