BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	171	134	75.1	64.8-83.3	37	24.9	16.7-35.2
GENDER
Male	61	46	69.8	52.4-82.8	15	30.2	17.2-47.6
Female	110	88	81.1	71.9-87.8	22	18.9	12.2-28.1
RACE
White	141	116	81.2	71.2-88.3	25	18.8	11.7-28.8
Other	30	18	48.1	24.6-72.6	12	51.9	27.4-75.4
AGE
18-44	107	82	74.0	60.9-83.9	25	26.0	16.1-39.1
45+	64	52	78.5	64.4-88.1	12	21.5	11.9-35.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	54	38	61.2	41.8-77.6	16	38.8	22.4-58.2
Some College +	117	96	82.2	70.9-89.8	21	17.8	10.2-29.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	58	59.0	44.8-71.9	34	41.0	28.1-55.2
$50,000+	63	61	97.9	91.6-99.5	2	2.1	0.5- 8.4

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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
-Buncombe County	171	134	75.1	64.8-83.3	37	24.9	16.7-35.2
GENDER
Male	61	46	69.8	52.4-82.8	15	30.2	17.2-47.6
Female	110	88	81.1	71.9-87.8	22	18.9	12.2-28.1
RACE
White	141	116	81.2	71.2-88.3	25	18.8	11.7-28.8
Other	30	18	48.1	24.6-72.6	12	51.9	27.4-75.4
AGE
18-44	107	82	74.0	60.9-83.9	25	26.0	16.1-39.1
45+	64	52	78.5	64.4-88.1	12	21.5	11.9-35.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	54	38	61.2	41.8-77.6	16	38.8	22.4-58.2
Some College +	117	96	82.2	70.9-89.8	21	17.8	10.2-29.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	58	59.0	44.8-71.9	34	41.0	28.1-55.2
$50,000+	63	61	97.9	91.6-99.5	2	2.1	0.5- 8.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages (Age under 65)*