BRFSS 2004 - Union 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
-Union County	420	79	18.3	14.5-22.9	341	81.7	77.1-85.5
GENDER
Male	127	18	16.0	9.9-25.0	109	84.0	75.0-90.1
Female	293	61	19.7	15.2-25.2	232	80.3	74.8-84.8
RACE
White	361	58	15.9	12.1-20.7	303	84.1	79.3-87.9
Other	58	21	30.5	19.3-44.7	37	69.5	55.3-80.7
AGE
18-44	183	43	22.5	16.3-30.1	140	77.5	69.9-83.7
45+	235	36	14.9	10.5-20.5	199	85.1	79.5-89.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	163	41	27.2	19.9-35.9	122	72.8	64.1-80.1
Some College +	257	38	12.9	9.1-17.9	219	87.1	82.1-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	173	43	27.0	19.9-35.4	130	73.0	64.6-80.1
$50,000+	166	22	11.7	7.5-18.0	144	88.3	82.0-92.5

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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
-Union County	420	79	18.3	14.5-22.9	341	81.7	77.1-85.5
GENDER
Male	127	18	16.0	9.9-25.0	109	84.0	75.0-90.1
Female	293	61	19.7	15.2-25.2	232	80.3	74.8-84.8
RACE
White	361	58	15.9	12.1-20.7	303	84.1	79.3-87.9
Other	58	21	30.5	19.3-44.7	37	69.5	55.3-80.7
AGE
18-44	183	43	22.5	16.3-30.1	140	77.5	69.9-83.7
45+	235	36	14.9	10.5-20.5	199	85.1	79.5-89.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	163	41	27.2	19.9-35.9	122	72.8	64.1-80.1
Some College +	257	38	12.9	9.1-17.9	219	87.1	82.1-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	173	43	27.0	19.9-35.4	130	73.0	64.6-80.1
$50,000+	166	22	11.7	7.5-18.0	144	88.3	82.0-92.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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?