BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages (Age under 65)*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	7,878	6,767	81.2	79.7-82.5	1,111	18.8	17.5-20.3
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	173	149	79.5	69.6-86.8	24	20.5	13.2-30.4
GENDER
Male	61	48	71.2	54.3-83.8	13	28.8	16.2-45.7
Female	112	101	87.3	77.3-93.3	11	12.7	6.7-22.7
RACE
White	163	144	84.3	74.9-90.6	19	15.7	9.4-25.1
Other	10	5	29.8	8.5-65.9	5	70.2	34.1-91.5
AGE
18-44	83	71	76.0	60.9-86.5	12	24.0	13.5-39.1
45+	90	78	84.8	74.4-91.5	12	15.2	8.5-25.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	65	49	64.7	48.1-78.3	16	35.3	21.7-51.9
Some College +	107	99	89.7	77.8-95.6	8	10.3	4.4-22.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	112	90	72.8	60.2-82.6	22	27.2	17.4-39.8
$50,000+	52	50	91.4	65.4-98.4	2	8.6	1.6-34.6

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included

^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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	7,878	6,767	81.2	79.7-82.5	1,111	18.8	17.5-20.3
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	173	149	79.5	69.6-86.8	24	20.5	13.2-30.4
GENDER
Male	61	48	71.2	54.3-83.8	13	28.8	16.2-45.7
Female	112	101	87.3	77.3-93.3	11	12.7	6.7-22.7
RACE
White	163	144	84.3	74.9-90.6	19	15.7	9.4-25.1
Other	10	5	29.8	8.5-65.9	5	70.2	34.1-91.5
AGE
18-44	83	71	76.0	60.9-86.5	12	24.0	13.5-39.1
45+	90	78	84.8	74.4-91.5	12	15.2	8.5-25.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	65	49	64.7	48.1-78.3	16	35.3	21.7-51.9
Some College +	107	99	89.7	77.8-95.6	8	10.3	4.4-22.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	112	90	72.8	60.2-82.6	22	27.2	17.4-39.8
$50,000+	52	50	91.4	65.4-98.4	2	8.6	1.6-34.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

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