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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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 4,952 4,361 84.0 81.7-86.1 591 16.0 13.9-18.3
-Mecklenburg County 271 249 88.5 78.9-94.1 22 11.5 5.9-21.1
GENDER
Male 127 120 93.0 83.6-97.2 7 7.0 2.8-16.4
Female 144 129 82.7 64.4-92.7 15 17.3 7.3-35.6
RACE
White 190 182 96.4 92.3-98.4 8 3.6 1.6- 7.7
Other 74 61 75.0 53.6-88.6 13 25.0 11.4-46.4
AGE
18-44 110 98 84.5 68.7-93.1 12 15.5 6.9-31.3
45+ 161 151 94.0 88.5-97.0 10 6.0 3.0-11.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 43 33 72.2 51.3-86.5 10 27.8 13.5-48.7
Some College + 228 216 92.0 79.4-97.2 12 8.0 2.8-20.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 60 68.0 46.6-83.8 16 32.0 16.2-53.4
$50,000+ 165 162 98.4 94.1-99.6 3 1.6 0.4- 5.9

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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 cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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