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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 373 296 74.4 67.1-80.5 77 25.6 19.5-32.9
GENDER
Male 136 107 71.6 59.7-81.0 29 28.4 19.0-40.3
Female 237 189 76.9 67.5-84.2 48 23.1 15.8-32.5
RACE
White 320 262 76.3 68.5-82.6 58 23.7 17.4-31.5
Other 52 34 57.2 36.2-75.9 18 42.8 24.1-63.8
AGE
18-44 137 97 68.8 56.8-78.7 40 31.2 21.3-43.2
45+ 236 199 80.4 72.5-86.5 37 19.6 13.5-27.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 98 60.0 48.0-70.9 51 40.0 29.1-52.0
Some College + 223 198 87.0 79.2-92.2 25 13.0 7.8-20.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 173 68.3 59.0-76.4 60 31.7 23.6-41.0
$50,000+ 102 95 92.8 82.7-97.2 7 7.2 2.8-17.3

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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.


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

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