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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Health Insurance Coverage -Age Under 65*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
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
-Durham County 377 299 70.6 63.3-77.0 78 29.4 23.0-36.7
GENDER
Male 128 97 66.9 54.9-77.1 31 33.1 22.9-45.1
Female 249 202 74.2 65.6-81.2 47 25.8 18.8-34.4
RACE
White 192 179 92.1 86.0-95.7 13 7.9 4.3-14.0
Other 182 117 53.4 43.4-63.1 65 46.6 36.9-56.6
AGE
18-44 231 171 64.1 55.0-72.3 60 35.9 27.7-45.0
45+ 146 128 86.2 77.6-91.9 18 13.8 8.1-22.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 105 54 41.5 29.8-54.3 51 58.5 45.7-70.2
Some College + 272 245 88.3 82.7-92.2 27 11.7 7.8-17.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 187 130 57.3 47.1-67.0 57 42.7 33.0-52.9
$50,000+ 153 146 95.6 90.9-98.0 7 4.4 2.0- 9.1

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* 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.

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