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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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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 10,318 8,525 77.9 76.5-79.2 1,793 22.1 20.8-23.5
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 239 197 80.2 72.8-86.0 42 19.8 14.0-27.2
Buncombe 225 185 76.0 66.6-83.5 40 24.0 16.5-33.4
Cabarrus 260 225 79.9 70.0-87.1 35 20.1 12.9-30.0
Catawba 288 248 78.4 70.2-84.8 40 21.6 15.2-29.8
Cumberland 287 244 79.9 71.2-86.4 43 20.1 13.6-28.8
Davidson 243 205 76.1 66.0-83.8 38 23.9 16.2-34.0
Durham 234 192 69.3 58.3-78.5 42 30.7 21.5-41.7
Forsyth 255 223 79.1 69.6-86.1 32 20.9 13.9-30.4
Gaston 268 223 80.6 73.1-86.4 45 19.4 13.6-26.9
Guilford 271 240 86.3 79.5-91.1 31 13.7 8.9-20.5
Iredell 273 236 82.7 75.2-88.3 37 17.3 11.7-24.8
Johnston 333 274 79.1 72.0-84.8 59 20.9 15.2-28.0
Mecklenburg 514 440 79.9 73.9-84.8 74 20.1 15.2-26.1
New Hanover 266 226 78.0 68.6-85.2 40 22.0 14.8-31.4
Onslow 298 253 84.2 78.3-88.7 45 15.8 11.3-21.7
Orange 260 229 77.9 66.6-86.2 31 22.1 13.8-33.4
Pitt 270 230 81.6 73.9-87.4 40 18.4 12.6-26.1
Randolph 265 205 72.6 64.3-79.5 60 27.4 20.5-35.7
Robeson 309 220 65.5 57.9-72.4 89 34.5 27.6-42.1
Rowan 313 267 82.7 76.1-87.7 46 17.3 12.3-23.9
Union 272 239 85.1 78.7-89.9 33 14.9 10.1-21.3
Wake 465 410 82.7 76.0-87.8 55 17.3 12.2-24.0
Wayne 255 209 77.7 69.1-84.5 46 22.3 15.5-30.9
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 3,406 2,773 76.7 74.3-78.9 633 23.3 21.1-25.7
Piedmont 5,049 4,285 79.1 77.1-81.0 764 20.9 19.0-22.9
Western NC 1,863 1,467 74.6 71.6-77.4 396 25.4 22.6-28.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,203 939 72.9 68.9-76.5 264 27.1 23.5-31.1
Northwest 2,121 1,773 77.9 74.7-80.8 348 22.1 19.2-25.3
Charlotte 1,469 1,258 80.5 76.8-83.8 211 19.5 16.2-23.2
Greensboro 1,183 993 80.7 76.9-84.0 190 19.3 16.0-23.1
Southern Regional 1,021 804 75.6 71.2-79.5 217 24.4 20.5-28.8
Coastal 485 395 74.8 67.9-80.6 90 25.2 19.4-32.1
Wake 1,172 979 76.8 72.2-80.8 193 23.2 19.2-27.8
Area L 277 227 77.3 69.1-83.8 50 22.7 16.2-30.9
Eastern 1,387 1,157 79.7 76.2-82.8 230 20.3 17.2-23.8

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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