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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 833 634 72.1 67.4-76.4 199 27.9 23.6-32.6
GENDER
Male 298 216 66.3 58.4-73.4 82 33.7 26.6-41.6
Female 535 418 77.4 72.0-82.0 117 22.6 18.0-28.0
RACE
White 705 563 76.4 71.5-80.7 142 23.6 19.3-28.5
African American 52 35 61.1 40.0-78.7 17 38.9 21.3-60.0
Other Minorities 76 36 42.9 27.0-60.3 40 57.1 39.7-73.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 38 8 19.0 7.2-41.4 30 81.0 58.6-92.8
Non-Hispanic 795 626 76.5 72.0-80.5 169 23.5 19.5-28.0
AGE
18-24 58 37 57.0 39.9-72.7 21 43.0 27.3-60.1
25-34 172 116 69.4 60.3-77.2 56 30.6 22.8-39.7
35-44 185 141 73.3 64.4-80.6 44 26.7 19.4-35.6
45-54 201 153 77.3 69.5-83.5 48 22.7 16.5-30.5
55-64 217 187 83.0 75.3-88.6 30 17.0 11.4-24.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 104 55 43.8 30.2-58.4 49 56.2 41.6-69.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 245 161 59.9 51.1-68.1 84 40.1 31.9-48.9
Some Post-H.S. 228 188 84.1 76.8-89.4 40 15.9 10.6-23.2
College Graduate 255 229 90.8 85.3-94.3 26 9.2 5.7-14.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 86 48 49.4 34.5-64.5 38 50.6 35.5-65.5
$15,000- 24,999 169 95 51.4 41.0-61.7 74 48.6 38.3-59.0
$25,000- 34,999 121 100 75.8 63.0-85.3 21 24.2 14.7-37.0
$35,000- 49,999 126 101 81.6 72.8-88.0 25 18.4 12.0-27.2
$50,000-74,999 112 102 85.3 62.8-95.2 10 14.7 4.8-37.2
$75,000+ 117 111 92.3 74.3-98.0 6 7.7 2.0-25.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 245 182 72.4 64.1-79.5 63 27.6 20.5-35.9
No 566 434 71.6 65.7-76.9 132 28.4 23.1-34.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 76 63 80.9 67.1-89.8 13 19.1 10.2-32.9
Non-Veteran 757 571 71.2 66.1-75.8 186 28.8 24.2-33.9

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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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