BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	429	383	83.2	77.1-87.9	46	16.8	12.1-22.9
GENDER
Male	172	152	81.3	71.5-88.3	20	18.7	11.7-28.5
Female	257	231	85.5	78.2-90.7	26	14.5	9.3-21.8
RACE
White	288	269	90.4	84.5-94.1	19	9.6	5.9-15.5
Other	139	112	70.0	57.4-80.2	27	30.0	19.8-42.6
AGE
18-44	234	197	77.1	68.6-83.9	37	22.9	16.1-31.4
45+	195	186	94.8	89.4-97.5	9	5.2	2.5-10.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	75	49	51.0	35.8-65.9	26	49.0	34.1-64.2
Some College +	353	333	93.2	89.2-95.8	20	6.8	4.2-10.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	145	115	64.8	52.2-75.7	30	35.2	24.3-47.8
$50,000+	245	239	97.0	93.2-98.7	6	3.0	1.3- 6.8

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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
-Mecklenburg County	429	383	83.2	77.1-87.9	46	16.8	12.1-22.9
GENDER
Male	172	152	81.3	71.5-88.3	20	18.7	11.7-28.5
Female	257	231	85.5	78.2-90.7	26	14.5	9.3-21.8
RACE
White	288	269	90.4	84.5-94.1	19	9.6	5.9-15.5
Other	139	112	70.0	57.4-80.2	27	30.0	19.8-42.6
AGE
18-44	234	197	77.1	68.6-83.9	37	22.9	16.1-31.4
45+	195	186	94.8	89.4-97.5	9	5.2	2.5-10.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	75	49	51.0	35.8-65.9	26	49.0	34.1-64.2
Some College +	353	333	93.2	89.2-95.8	20	6.8	4.2-10.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	145	115	64.8	52.2-75.7	30	35.2	24.3-47.8
$50,000+	245	239	97.0	93.2-98.7	6	3.0	1.3- 6.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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