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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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
-Mtn. AHEC 363 309 79.2 72.2-84.9 54 20.8 15.1-27.8
GENDER
Male 139 115 77.8 67.7-85.4 24 22.2 14.6-32.3
Female 224 194 80.7 69.9-88.3 30 19.3 11.7-30.1
RACE
White 306 266 80.9 73.2-86.7 40 19.1 13.3-26.8
Other 57 43 67.2 47.0-82.6 14 32.8 17.4-53.0
AGE
18-44 153 119 72.5 61.7-81.3 34 27.5 18.7-38.3
45+ 210 190 87.8 80.1-92.7 20 12.2 7.3-19.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 86 63.0 50.3-74.1 36 37.0 25.9-49.7
Some College + 241 223 89.6 82.2-94.1 18 10.4 5.9-17.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 158 70.1 60.1-78.5 45 29.9 21.5-39.9
$50,000+ 127 124 97.6 87.8-99.6 3 2.4 0.4-12.2

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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