BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (Health Insurance Coverage -Age Under 65*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	12,878	10,501	77.5	76.4-78.6	2,377	22.5	21.4-23.6
-Buncombe County	316	246	74.6	67.5-80.5	70	25.4	19.5-32.5
GENDER
Male	114	84	69.4	57.4-79.3	30	30.6	20.7-42.6
Female	202	162	79.9	73.0-85.4	40	20.1	14.6-27.0
RACE
White	263	213	78.7	71.8-84.2	50	21.3	15.8-28.2
Other	53	33	58.6	38.2-76.4	20	41.4	23.6-61.8
AGE
18-44	169	123	71.2	61.7-79.2	46	28.8	20.8-38.3
45+	147	123	82.0	73.7-88.1	24	18.0	11.9-26.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	113	79	63.0	49.8-74.6	34	37.0	25.4-50.2
Some College +	202	166	81.1	72.9-87.2	36	18.9	12.8-27.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	177	120	62.4	52.6-71.4	57	37.6	28.6-47.4
$50,000+	99	92	93.8	86.8-97.3	7	6.2	2.7-13.2

* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Health Care Access

Health Insurance Coverage -Age Under 65*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	12,878	10,501	77.5	76.4-78.6	2,377	22.5	21.4-23.6
-Buncombe County	316	246	74.6	67.5-80.5	70	25.4	19.5-32.5
GENDER
Male	114	84	69.4	57.4-79.3	30	30.6	20.7-42.6
Female	202	162	79.9	73.0-85.4	40	20.1	14.6-27.0
RACE
White	263	213	78.7	71.8-84.2	50	21.3	15.8-28.2
Other	53	33	58.6	38.2-76.4	20	41.4	23.6-61.8
AGE
18-44	169	123	71.2	61.7-79.2	46	28.8	20.8-38.3
45+	147	123	82.0	73.7-88.1	24	18.0	11.9-26.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	113	79	63.0	49.8-74.6	34	37.0	25.4-50.2
Some College +	202	166	81.1	72.9-87.2	36	18.9	12.8-27.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	177	120	62.4	52.6-71.4	57	37.6	28.6-47.4
$50,000+	99	92	93.8	86.8-97.3	7	6.2	2.7-13.2