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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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 8,958 7,385 78.4 76.6-80.1 1,573 21.6 19.9-23.4
-Western NC 1,771 1,370 74.3 70.9-77.4 401 25.7 22.6-29.1
GENDER
Male 713 530 72.3 67.0-77.1 183 27.7 22.9-33.0
Female 1,058 840 76.2 71.8-80.2 218 23.8 19.8-28.2
RACE
White 1,599 1,270 76.7 73.2-79.9 329 23.3 20.1-26.8
African American 57 40 73.9 57.3-85.7 17 26.1 14.3-42.7
Other Minorities 109 57 45.6 31.4-60.6 52 54.4 39.4-68.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 48 23 37.9 21.4-57.7 25 62.1 42.3-78.6
Non-Hispanic 1,722 1,346 76.0 72.7-79.1 376 24.0 20.9-27.3
AGE
18-24 87 56 64.8 48.9-78.0 31 35.2 22.0-51.1
25-34 192 128 68.6 59.8-76.2 64 31.4 23.8-40.2
35-44 346 250 69.7 62.2-76.2 96 30.3 23.8-37.8
45-54 494 394 81.4 77.0-85.2 100 18.6 14.8-23.0
55-64 652 542 83.0 79.0-86.5 110 17.0 13.5-21.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 192 112 57.3 42.7-70.7 80 42.7 29.3-57.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 569 409 68.1 62.5-73.2 160 31.9 26.8-37.5
Some Post-H.S. 467 375 76.0 69.0-81.9 92 24.0 18.1-31.0
College Graduate 541 473 88.4 84.5-91.5 68 11.6 8.5-15.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 199 124 53.9 41.7-65.7 75 46.1 34.3-58.3
$15,000- 24,999 302 154 43.5 35.9-51.5 148 56.5 48.5-64.1
$25,000- 34,999 216 155 62.7 53.8-70.8 61 37.3 29.2-46.2
$35,000- 49,999 259 223 84.4 77.3-89.6 36 15.6 10.4-22.7
$50,000-74,999 279 256 87.2 78.5-92.8 23 12.8 7.2-21.5
$75,000+ 310 299 96.0 92.3-98.0 11 4.0 2.0- 7.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 555 422 75.4 70.0-80.1 133 24.6 19.9-30.0
No 1,132 884 73.0 68.6-77.0 248 27.0 23.0-31.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 148 124 82.9 73.8-89.2 24 17.1 10.8-26.2
Non-Veteran 1,479 1,131 74.0 70.2-77.5 348 26.0 22.5-29.8

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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 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.

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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