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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
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
-Gaston County 189 173 85.3 71.7-93.0 16 14.7 7.0-28.3
GENDER
Male 67 60 78.7 54.5-92.0 7 21.3 8.0-45.5
Female 122 113 91.7 83.8-96.0 9 8.3 4.0-16.2
RACE
White 160 152 89.5 71.3-96.7 8 10.5 3.3-28.7
Other 29 21 60.3 36.5-80.1 8 39.7 19.9-63.5
AGE
18-44 101 89 78.8 59.4-90.5 12 21.2 9.5-40.6
45+ 88 84 95.5 87.9-98.4 4 4.5 1.6-12.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 68 73.6 52.5-87.5 12 26.4 12.5-47.5
Some College + 109 105 97.4 92.8-99.1 4 2.6 0.9- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 88 74 71.7 50.3-86.4 14 28.3 13.6-49.7
$50,000+ 85 84 98.1 87.5-99.7 1 1.9 0.3-12.5

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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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