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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Health Care Access

Health Insurance Coverage - Less than age 65*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,339 9,449 79.1 77.9-80.2 1,890 20.9 19.8-22.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 281 228 82.0 75.8-86.9 53 18.0 13.1-24.2
GENDER
Male 99 85 89.7 82.4-94.2 14 10.3 5.8-17.6
Female 182 143 74.9 65.4-82.4 39 25.1 17.6-34.6
RACE
White 236 196 86.7 81.4-90.6 40 13.3 9.4-18.6
Other 45 32 61.3 42.9-77.0 13 38.7 23.0-57.1
AGE
18-44 112 87 80.5 70.7-87.6 25 19.5 12.4-29.3
45+ 169 141 84.1 77.1-89.3 28 15.9 10.7-22.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 120 88 75.2 64.4-83.5 32 24.8 16.5-35.6
Some College + 161 140 88.3 81.7-92.7 21 11.7 7.3-18.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 150 114 74.4 64.5-82.3 36 25.6 17.7-35.5
$50,000+ 98 94 96.4 90.2-98.7 4 3.6 1.3- 9.8

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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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