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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 1,374 314 22.0 19.4-24.9 513 38.3 35.1-41.5 344 24.8 22.1-27.7 142 10.8 9.0-12.9 61 4.1 3.1- 5.5
GENDER
Male 536 102 20.0 16.1-24.5 221 40.6 35.6-45.8 137 26.2 22.0-30.8 54 9.6 7.2-12.7 22 3.6 2.2- 5.8
Female 838 212 24.1 20.8-27.8 292 35.9 32.0-39.9 207 23.4 20.1-26.9 88 12.0 9.5-15.0 39 4.6 3.2- 6.7
RACE
White 1,218 273 21.7 19.0-24.7 428 35.8 32.6-39.1 325 26.3 23.4-29.4 133 11.6 9.6-13.9 59 4.6 3.4- 6.1
African American 63 23 33.0 20.8-48.1 26 38.5 25.7-53.1 11 22.9 12.4-38.4 3 5.6 1.7-17.3 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 4 0 0.0 . - . 2 41.2 8.2-84.5 1 38.4 6.0-86.0 1 20.4 2.5-71.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 77 18 19.8 11.8-31.4 48 65.4 52.7-76.2 10 13.2 6.8-24.1 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 192 42 18.8 12.6-27.0 91 49.2 40.1-58.3 43 23.8 17.1-32.1 11 5.5 2.6-11.3 5 2.8 1.0- 7.1
35-44 256 49 18.1 13.1-24.4 88 34.1 27.5-41.4 77 29.4 23.3-36.4 30 14.5 9.8-20.9 12 3.9 2.0- 7.6
45-54 271 55 20.0 14.9-26.5 109 39.1 32.0-46.7 51 18.7 13.5-25.3 35 14.6 10.3-20.4 21 7.5 4.3-12.7
55-64 230 57 29.1 21.9-37.5 88 36.6 29.5-44.2 48 20.1 14.6-26.9 24 8.9 5.7-13.4 13 5.4 3.0- 9.6
65-74 201 55 24.5 18.2-32.0 61 30.9 23.6-39.3 64 33.2 25.8-41.6 19 10.6 6.4-17.2 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6
75+ 144 37 25.3 17.5-35.1 27 16.3 10.2-24.9 50 36.8 27.6-47.2 22 15.9 10.1-24.1 8 5.7 2.8-11.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 254 62 21.8 15.9-29.1 123 52.6 44.8-60.3 50 17.8 12.9-24.1 17 7.2 4.4-11.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 413 98 21.8 17.3-27.2 165 43.4 37.5-49.6 102 22.7 18.2-27.8 34 8.3 5.6-12.2 14 3.7 2.0- 6.9
Some Post-H.S. 356 78 22.8 17.8-28.7 127 32.3 26.9-38.2 88 25.6 20.5-31.5 45 14.3 10.4-19.4 18 5.0 2.9- 8.5
College Graduate 348 75 21.2 16.5-26.8 96 27.3 21.9-33.6 104 32.3 26.5-38.7 46 12.7 9.2-17.3 27 6.5 4.2- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 191 61 28.0 20.3-37.4 93 56.2 46.4-65.5 29 11.7 7.3-18.3 7 3.6 1.6- 7.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2
$15,000- 24,999 266 54 22.2 16.1-29.8 137 50.8 43.3-58.3 48 16.8 12.2-22.7 15 6.5 3.7-11.1 12 3.7 1.9- 6.9
$25,000- 34,999 196 28 10.8 6.9-16.6 75 39.9 32.1-48.3 64 33.8 26.3-42.2 23 12.9 8.1-19.9 6 2.6 1.1- 6.1
$35,000- 49,999 193 41 18.8 13.2-25.9 63 33.5 26.0-42.0 62 34.7 27.1-43.1 19 8.5 5.1-13.7 8 4.6 1.9-10.7
$50,000-74,999 160 31 20.9 14.4-29.5 40 23.0 16.6-31.0 54 34.1 26.1-43.1 27 18.3 12.1-26.9 8 3.6 1.6- 8.2
$75,000+ 127 28 22.6 15.0-32.5 24 18.6 12.1-27.6 31 22.0 15.0-31.0 23 20.4 13.5-29.6 21 16.4 10.1-25.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 486 139 29.2 24.2-34.7 176 36.5 31.3-42.1 116 24.0 19.6-28.9 36 7.2 5.0-10.3 19 3.2 1.9- 5.2
No 855 172 18.9 15.9-22.3 310 37.3 33.4-41.5 228 26.2 22.8-29.9 103 12.8 10.4-15.8 42 4.8 3.3- 6.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 195 46 25.4 18.3-34.1 58 28.0 20.6-36.8 56 31.9 24.5-40.3 24 10.3 6.6-15.9 11 4.4 2.2- 8.8
Non-Veteran 1,172 266 21.3 18.5-24.3 452 40.3 36.9-43.9 287 23.4 20.6-26.5 118 10.9 8.9-13.3 49 4.1 2.9- 5.6
Currently Serving 4 2 71.8 19.7-96.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 22.9 2.4-78.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.3 0.5-37.6

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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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