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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages - Less than age 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
-Piedmont NC 3,093 2,746 83.6 81.2-85.8 347 16.4 14.2-18.8
GENDER
Male 1,283 1,133 81.4 77.6-84.6 150 18.6 15.4-22.4
Female 1,810 1,613 86.5 83.5-88.9 197 13.5 11.1-16.5
RACE
White 2,419 2,241 90.6 88.3-92.5 178 9.4 7.5-11.7
African American 436 361 84.3 79.2-88.3 75 15.7 11.7-20.8
Other Minorities 227 134 46.3 37.8-55.1 93 53.7 44.9-62.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 169 84 38.1 29.3-47.9 85 61.9 52.1-70.7
Non-Hispanic 2,920 2,658 88.6 86.3-90.5 262 11.4 9.5-13.7
AGE
18-24 124 78 59.7 48.4-70.1 46 40.3 29.9-51.6
25-34 481 392 77.5 71.8-82.4 89 22.5 17.6-28.2
35-44 859 770 87.8 84.3-90.6 89 12.2 9.4-15.7
45-54 978 901 93.2 91.0-94.9 77 6.8 5.1- 9.0
55-64 651 605 93.4 90.6-95.4 46 6.6 4.6- 9.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 220 108 41.8 33.1-51.1 112 58.2 48.9-66.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 747 629 78.0 72.6-82.6 118 22.0 17.4-27.4
Some Post-H.S. 797 724 87.1 82.0-90.9 73 12.9 9.1-18.0
College Graduate 1,328 1,284 94.5 90.9-96.8 44 5.5 3.2- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 85 27 16.0 9.5-25.6 58 84.0 74.4-90.5
$15,000- 24,999 300 181 53.2 44.3-61.9 119 46.8 38.1-55.7
$25,000- 34,999 296 236 69.6 60.0-77.7 60 30.4 22.3-40.0
$35,000- 49,999 480 445 89.4 83.7-93.3 35 10.6 6.7-16.3
$50,000-74,999 638 621 95.5 91.7-97.6 17 4.5 2.4- 8.3
$75,000+ 1,061 1,047 97.9 93.2-99.4 14 2.1 0.6- 6.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 579 494 79.2 72.0-84.9 85 20.8 15.1-28.0
No 2,345 2,112 85.0 82.3-87.3 233 15.0 12.7-17.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 291 268 88.4 79.3-93.8 23 11.6 6.2-20.7
Non-Veteran 2,801 2,477 83.2 80.6-85.5 324 16.8 14.5-19.4

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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.

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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