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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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 5,992 5,202 82.5 80.8-84.1 790 17.5 15.9-19.2
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 133 114 87.0 78.2-92.6 19 13.0 7.4-21.8
Buncombe 134 119 86.8 74.2-93.7 15 13.2 6.3-25.8
Cabarrus 159 143 80.1 66.3-89.1 16 19.9 10.9-33.7
Catawba 180 161 82.6 72.2-89.7 19 17.4 10.3-27.8
Cumberland 159 133 78.9 67.0-87.3 26 21.1 12.7-33.0
Davidson 137 116 72.3 58.1-83.2 21 27.7 16.8-41.9
Durham 157 135 80.7 71.0-87.7 22 19.3 12.3-29.0
Forsyth 149 136 80.1 66.3-89.2 13 19.9 10.8-33.7
Gaston 164 144 82.3 71.7-89.5 20 17.7 10.5-28.3
Guilford 170 158 92.1 85.3-95.9 12 7.9 4.1-14.7
Iredell 160 144 88.3 80.1-93.4 16 11.7 6.6-19.9
Johnston 203 177 82.8 74.0-89.0 26 17.2 11.0-26.0
Mecklenburg 320 288 83.9 76.7-89.2 32 16.1 10.8-23.3
New Hanover 127 113 79.9 64.8-89.5 14 20.1 10.5-35.2
Onslow 183 162 87.2 79.5-92.2 21 12.8 7.8-20.5
Orange 162 144 76.4 60.3-87.3 18 23.6 12.7-39.7
Pitt 162 146 83.6 72.7-90.7 16 16.4 9.3-27.3
Randolph 176 149 79.7 69.1-87.4 27 20.3 12.6-30.9
Robeson 172 130 67.7 57.2-76.7 42 32.3 23.3-42.8
Rowan 187 167 88.4 80.3-93.5 20 11.6 6.5-19.7
Union 173 160 89.0 80.3-94.2 13 11.0 5.8-19.7
Wake 296 271 85.8 77.5-91.4 25 14.2 8.6-22.5
Wayne 148 126 79.8 67.9-88.0 22 20.2 12.0-32.1
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,905 1,618 80.2 77.1-82.9 287 19.8 17.1-22.9
Piedmont 3,093 2,746 83.6 81.2-85.8 347 16.4 14.2-18.8
Western NC 994 838 82.0 78.2-85.3 156 18.0 14.7-21.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 642 538 81.3 76.4-85.4 104 18.7 14.6-23.6
Northwest 1,216 1,068 81.7 77.1-85.6 148 18.3 14.4-22.9
Charlotte 913 822 83.9 79.3-87.6 91 16.1 12.4-20.7
Greensboro 729 637 85.1 80.6-88.7 92 14.9 11.3-19.4
Southern Regional 561 457 75.4 69.0-80.8 104 24.6 19.2-31.0
Coastal 230 191 78.2 68.3-85.6 39 21.8 14.4-31.7
Wake 738 652 84.5 79.5-88.5 86 15.5 11.5-20.5
Area L 161 139 85.1 74.6-91.8 22 14.9 8.2-25.4
Eastern 802 698 83.2 78.9-86.8 104 16.8 13.2-21.1

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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.

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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