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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Health Insurance Coverage -Age Under 65*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,454 1,884 73.3 70.6-75.8 570 26.7 24.2-29.4
GENDER
Male 745 543 69.4 64.7-73.8 202 30.6 26.2-35.3
Female 1,709 1,341 76.8 73.9-79.5 368 23.2 20.5-26.1
AGE
18-24 183 119 62.9 53.1-71.8 64 37.1 28.2-46.9
25-34 476 345 67.9 61.6-73.6 131 32.1 26.4-38.4
35-44 621 485 76.0 71.3-80.2 136 24.0 19.8-28.7
45-54 649 521 79.6 75.3-83.3 128 20.4 16.7-24.7
55-64 525 414 79.3 74.6-83.3 111 20.7 16.7-25.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 350 212 55.6 46.9-64.0 138 44.4 36.0-53.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 913 669 68.2 63.6-72.6 244 31.8 27.4-36.4
Some Post-H.S. 655 535 80.2 75.5-84.2 120 19.8 15.8-24.5
College Graduate 534 467 87.8 84.1-90.7 67 12.2 9.3-15.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 436 268 56.4 49.9-62.8 168 43.6 37.2-50.1
$15,000- 24,999 592 394 58.0 52.2-63.6 198 42.0 36.4-47.8
$25,000- 34,999 395 309 73.9 66.9-79.9 86 26.1 20.1-33.1
$35,000- 49,999 307 285 93.5 89.2-96.2 22 6.5 3.8-10.8
$50,000-74,999 235 230 97.2 92.8-98.9 5 2.8 1.1- 7.2
$75,000+ 204 193 95.8 91.7-97.9 11 4.2 2.1- 8.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 767 594 75.1 70.4-79.3 173 24.9 20.7-29.6
No 1,565 1,194 72.5 69.0-75.6 371 27.5 24.4-31.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 244 205 88.1 82.9-91.9 39 11.9 8.1-17.1
Non-Veteran 2,202 1,672 71.4 68.5-74.2 530 28.6 25.8-31.5

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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.

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