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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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 10,318 8,525 77.9 76.5-79.2 1,793 22.1 20.8-23.5
-Buncombe County 225 185 76.0 66.6-83.5 40 24.0 16.5-33.4
GENDER
Male 90 73 72.0 57.4-83.0 17 28.0 17.0-42.6
Female 135 112 81.6 71.8-88.5 23 18.4 11.5-28.2
RACE
White 190 163 83.2 74.3-89.4 27 16.8 10.6-25.7
Other 34 21 38.4 19.6-61.3 13 61.6 38.7-80.4
AGE
18-44 92 66 67.2 53.6-78.4 26 32.8 21.6-46.4
45+ 133 119 90.0 82.6-94.4 14 10.0 5.6-17.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 77 62 71.0 53.8-83.7 15 29.0 16.3-46.2
Some College + 148 123 79.3 68.1-87.3 25 20.7 12.7-31.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 115 84 62.8 49.5-74.4 31 37.2 25.6-50.5
$50,000+ 92 89 97.2 91.1-99.2 3 2.8 0.8- 8.9

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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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