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

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 212 174 76.6 67.1-84.1 38 23.4 15.9-32.9
GENDER
Male 80 63 74.6 61.1-84.6 17 25.4 15.4-38.9
Female 132 111 78.6 63.8-88.4 21 21.4 11.6-36.2
RACE
White 175 148 78.7 68.5-86.3 27 21.3 13.7-31.5
Other 37 26 57.0 31.5-79.3 11 43.0 20.7-68.5
AGE
18-44 85 65 70.5 55.1-82.3 20 29.5 17.7-44.9
45+ 127 109 83.4 73.0-90.3 18 16.6 9.7-27.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 81 51 56.1 41.2-69.9 30 43.9 30.1-58.8
Some College + 131 123 91.3 79.6-96.6 8 8.7 3.4-20.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 125 94 67.7 54.7-78.4 31 32.3 21.6-45.3
$50,000+ 67 64 95.9 80.6-99.3 3 4.1 0.7-19.4

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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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