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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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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
-Piedmont NC 5,049 4,285 79.1 77.1-81.0 764 20.9 19.0-22.9
GENDER
Male 1,920 1,625 77.3 73.9-80.4 295 22.7 19.6-26.1
Female 3,129 2,660 80.9 78.5-83.0 469 19.1 17.0-21.5
RACE
White 3,899 3,473 87.1 85.2-88.8 426 12.9 11.2-14.8
African American 754 597 75.9 70.7-80.3 157 24.1 19.7-29.3
Other Minorities 383 203 41.4 34.9-48.2 180 58.6 51.8-65.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 287 127 33.6 26.9-41.0 160 66.4 59.0-73.1
Non-Hispanic 4,757 4,154 84.1 82.2-85.9 603 15.9 14.1-17.8
AGE
18-24 235 144 58.8 50.5-66.7 91 41.2 33.3-49.5
25-34 711 542 72.3 67.2-76.9 169 27.7 23.1-32.8
35-44 1,209 1,025 82.9 79.7-85.6 184 17.1 14.4-20.3
45-54 1,464 1,279 87.2 84.8-89.3 185 12.8 10.7-15.2
55-64 1,430 1,295 90.2 88.0-92.1 135 9.8 7.9-12.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 512 289 43.7 37.4-50.2 223 56.3 49.8-62.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,324 1,053 73.0 68.9-76.7 271 27.0 23.3-31.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,319 1,150 83.3 79.2-86.7 169 16.7 13.3-20.8
College Graduate 1,892 1,791 93.6 91.0-95.5 101 6.4 4.5- 9.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 347 210 46.4 38.6-54.4 137 53.6 45.6-61.4
$15,000- 24,999 608 363 50.3 43.9-56.6 245 49.7 43.4-56.1
$25,000- 34,999 474 365 70.1 63.3-76.2 109 29.9 23.8-36.7
$35,000- 49,999 716 643 87.7 83.4-91.0 73 12.3 9.0-16.6
$50,000-74,999 874 836 93.1 89.3-95.6 38 6.9 4.4-10.7
$75,000+ 1,498 1,459 96.5 93.7-98.1 39 3.5 1.9- 6.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,416 1,169 76.9 72.6-80.7 247 23.1 19.3-27.4
No 3,404 2,937 80.3 77.9-82.6 467 19.7 17.4-22.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 492 434 82.9 76.4-87.9 58 17.1 12.1-23.6
Non-Veteran 4,556 3,850 78.7 76.5-80.7 706 21.3 19.3-23.5

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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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