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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 465 379 77.1 71.0-82.3 86 22.9 17.7-29.0
GENDER
Male 164 125 71.1 61.0-79.5 39 28.9 20.5-39.0
Female 301 254 82.8 75.4-88.3 47 17.2 11.7-24.6
RACE
White 390 332 83.4 77.6-87.9 58 16.6 12.1-22.4
African American 29 21 56.4 30.8-79.1 8 43.6 20.9-69.2
Other Minorities 46 26 42.9 23.1-65.3 20 57.1 34.7-76.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 24 7 22.4 7.7-50.0 17 77.6 50.0-92.3
Non-Hispanic 441 372 83.2 77.8-87.5 69 16.8 12.5-22.2
AGE
18-24 30 19 51.2 30.6-71.5 11 48.8 28.5-69.4
25-34 118 89 76.2 64.8-84.7 29 23.8 15.3-35.2
35-44 122 104 82.7 72.0-89.9 18 17.3 10.1-28.0
45-54 121 103 86.3 78.0-91.8 18 13.7 8.2-22.0
55-64 74 64 85.1 69.7-93.4 10 14.9 6.6-30.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 25 41.0 23.6-61.1 21 59.0 38.9-76.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 128 93 67.0 54.3-77.7 35 33.0 22.3-45.7
Some Post-H.S. 142 122 86.8 77.1-92.7 20 13.2 7.3-22.9
College Graduate 149 139 94.7 89.7-97.3 10 5.3 2.7-10.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 23 9 23.4 8.7-49.5 14 76.6 50.5-91.3
$15,000- 24,999 91 52 58.0 43.1-71.6 39 42.0 28.4-56.9
$25,000- 34,999 74 63 74.0 55.8-86.6 11 26.0 13.4-44.2
$35,000- 49,999 88 76 89.4 80.9-94.4 12 10.6 5.6-19.1
$50,000-74,999 78 77 99.2 94.7-99.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3
$75,000+ 79 76 90.8 66.1-98.0 3 9.2 2.0-33.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 89 73 79.8 64.3-89.7 16 20.2 10.3-35.7
No 360 293 76.3 69.2-82.2 67 23.7 17.8-30.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 33 29 93.1 79.9-97.9 4 6.9 2.1-20.1
Non-Veteran 432 350 76.0 69.5-81.5 82 24.0 18.5-30.5

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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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