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

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 6,923 6,020 82.3 80.8-83.7 903 17.7 16.3-19.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 167 144 86.0 77.8-91.5 23 14.0 8.5-22.2
GENDER
Male 68 63 93.3 84.1-97.3 5 6.7 2.7-15.9
Female 99 81 77.1 63.0-86.9 18 22.9 13.1-37.0
RACE
White 139 122 90.6 84.2-94.5 17 9.4 5.5-15.8
Other 28 22 67.4 42.4-85.3 6 32.6 14.7-57.6
AGE
18-44 78 66 85.1 72.7-92.5 12 14.9 7.5-27.3
45+ 89 78 87.5 77.5-93.4 11 12.5 6.6-22.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 64 51 77.1 60.9-87.9 13 22.9 12.1-39.1
Some College + 103 93 91.9 84.2-96.0 10 8.1 4.0-15.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 83 67 78.8 64.5-88.4 16 21.2 11.6-35.5
$50,000+ 69 67 96.8 87.9-99.2 2 3.2 0.8-12.1

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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.


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