BRFSS 2004 - Wake 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
-Wake County	581	71	12.4	9.7-15.8	510	87.6	84.2-90.3
GENDER
Male	227	26	10.8	7.1-16.0	201	89.2	84.0-92.9
Female	354	45	14.1	10.3-18.9	309	85.9	81.1-89.7
RACE
White	423	42	10.4	7.5-14.2	381	89.6	85.8-92.5
Other	152	29	17.2	11.6-24.9	123	82.8	75.1-88.4
AGE
18-44	319	39	12.0	8.5-16.6	280	88.0	83.4-91.5
45+	256	31	13.1	9.0-18.8	225	86.9	81.2-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	148	28	18.1	11.9-26.5	120	81.9	73.5-88.1
Some College +	432	43	10.2	7.5-13.7	389	89.8	86.3-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	208	44	23.3	17.1-30.9	164	76.7	69.1-82.9
$50,000+	243	21	7.8	5.0-12.1	222	92.2	87.9-95.0

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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
-Wake County	581	71	12.4	9.7-15.8	510	87.6	84.2-90.3
GENDER
Male	227	26	10.8	7.1-16.0	201	89.2	84.0-92.9
Female	354	45	14.1	10.3-18.9	309	85.9	81.1-89.7
RACE
White	423	42	10.4	7.5-14.2	381	89.6	85.8-92.5
Other	152	29	17.2	11.6-24.9	123	82.8	75.1-88.4
AGE
18-44	319	39	12.0	8.5-16.6	280	88.0	83.4-91.5
45+	256	31	13.1	9.0-18.8	225	86.9	81.2-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	148	28	18.1	11.9-26.5	120	81.9	73.5-88.1
Some College +	432	43	10.2	7.5-13.7	389	89.8	86.3-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	208	44	23.3	17.1-30.9	164	76.7	69.1-82.9
$50,000+	243	21	7.8	5.0-12.1	222	92.2	87.9-95.0

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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?