BRFSS 2005 - Western North Carolina**: (Health Insurance Coverage -Age Under 65*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	12,878	10,501	77.5	76.4-78.6	2,377	22.5	21.4-23.6
-Western NC	1,408	1,078	71.3	67.7-74.6	330	28.7	25.4-32.3
GENDER
Male	511	373	66.2	60.3-71.6	138	33.8	28.4-39.7
Female	897	705	75.9	71.8-79.6	192	24.1	20.4-28.2
RACE
White	1,226	984	76.3	72.6-79.5	242	23.7	20.5-27.4
African American	72	47	56.2	38.6-72.4	25	43.8	27.6-61.4
Other Minorities	109	47	36.0	24.3-49.7	62	64.0	50.3-75.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic	71	14	15.1	7.4-28.6	57	84.9	71.4-92.6
Non-Hispanic	1,337	1,064	76.8	73.4-79.8	273	23.2	20.2-26.6
AGE
18-24	100	59	54.5	41.8-66.6	41	45.5	33.4-58.2
25-34	267	185	67.8	60.4-74.4	82	32.2	25.6-39.6
35-44	312	239	72.3	65.5-78.2	73	27.7	21.8-34.5
45-54	349	275	78.9	73.4-83.6	74	21.1	16.4-26.6
55-64	380	320	81.6	76.1-86.1	60	18.4	13.9-23.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	189	94	41.4	31.9-51.6	95	58.6	48.4-68.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	435	311	63.5	56.9-69.5	124	36.5	30.5-43.1
Some Post-H.S.	363	290	80.7	74.9-85.5	73	19.3	14.5-25.1
College Graduate	419	381	91.3	87.4-94.1	38	8.7	5.9-12.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	162	87	49.8	39.0-60.6	75	50.2	39.4-61.0
$15,000- 24,999	285	165	49.1	41.2-57.0	120	50.9	43.0-58.8
$25,000- 34,999	206	168	76.0	66.9-83.2	38	24.0	16.8-33.1
$35,000- 49,999	227	191	83.1	76.4-88.3	36	16.9	11.7-23.6
$50,000-74,999	174	160	87.0	70.8-94.8	14	13.0	5.2-29.2
$75,000+	193	186	94.9	83.0-98.6	7	5.1	1.4-17.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	413	307	71.4	65.0-77.0	106	28.6	23.0-35.0
No	957	742	71.1	66.6-75.1	215	28.9	24.9-33.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	132	108	78.7	68.2-86.4	24	21.3	13.6-31.8
Non-Veteran	1,276	970	70.5	66.7-74.1	306	29.5	25.9-33.3

* 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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	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
-Western NC	1,408	1,078	71.3	67.7-74.6	330	28.7	25.4-32.3
GENDER
Male	511	373	66.2	60.3-71.6	138	33.8	28.4-39.7
Female	897	705	75.9	71.8-79.6	192	24.1	20.4-28.2
RACE
White	1,226	984	76.3	72.6-79.5	242	23.7	20.5-27.4
African American	72	47	56.2	38.6-72.4	25	43.8	27.6-61.4
Other Minorities	109	47	36.0	24.3-49.7	62	64.0	50.3-75.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic	71	14	15.1	7.4-28.6	57	84.9	71.4-92.6
Non-Hispanic	1,337	1,064	76.8	73.4-79.8	273	23.2	20.2-26.6
AGE
18-24	100	59	54.5	41.8-66.6	41	45.5	33.4-58.2
25-34	267	185	67.8	60.4-74.4	82	32.2	25.6-39.6
35-44	312	239	72.3	65.5-78.2	73	27.7	21.8-34.5
45-54	349	275	78.9	73.4-83.6	74	21.1	16.4-26.6
55-64	380	320	81.6	76.1-86.1	60	18.4	13.9-23.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	189	94	41.4	31.9-51.6	95	58.6	48.4-68.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	435	311	63.5	56.9-69.5	124	36.5	30.5-43.1
Some Post-H.S.	363	290	80.7	74.9-85.5	73	19.3	14.5-25.1
College Graduate	419	381	91.3	87.4-94.1	38	8.7	5.9-12.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	162	87	49.8	39.0-60.6	75	50.2	39.4-61.0
$15,000- 24,999	285	165	49.1	41.2-57.0	120	50.9	43.0-58.8
$25,000- 34,999	206	168	76.0	66.9-83.2	38	24.0	16.8-33.1
$35,000- 49,999	227	191	83.1	76.4-88.3	36	16.9	11.7-23.6
$50,000-74,999	174	160	87.0	70.8-94.8	14	13.0	5.2-29.2
$75,000+	193	186	94.9	83.0-98.6	7	5.1	1.4-17.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	413	307	71.4	65.0-77.0	106	28.6	23.0-35.0
No	957	742	71.1	66.6-75.1	215	28.9	24.9-33.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	132	108	78.7	68.2-86.4	24	21.3	13.6-31.8
Non-Veteran	1,276	970	70.5	66.7-74.1	306	29.5	25.9-33.3