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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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 4,952 4,361 84.0 81.7-86.1 591 16.0 13.9-18.3
-Western NC 876 745 83.0 78.7-86.6 131 17.0 13.4-21.3
GENDER
Male 344 282 79.4 72.7-84.8 62 20.6 15.2-27.3
Female 532 463 86.4 80.4-90.7 69 13.6 9.3-19.6
RACE
White 808 699 85.2 81.0-88.6 109 14.8 11.4-19.0
African American 16 13 86.5 59.3-96.6 3 13.5 3.4-40.7
Other Minorities 51 32 54.5 32.9-74.5 19 45.5 25.5-67.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 27 16 47.4 23.2-72.9 11 52.6 27.1-76.8
Non-Hispanic 849 729 84.9 80.8-88.2 120 15.1 11.8-19.2
AGE
18-24 36 28 80.9 59.6-92.4 8 19.1 7.6-40.4
25-34 124 94 78.9 69.0-86.3 30 21.1 13.7-31.0
35-44 208 170 76.6 65.4-85.1 38 23.4 14.9-34.6
45-54 272 241 90.2 85.6-93.4 31 9.8 6.6-14.4
55-64 236 212 90.0 83.8-94.0 24 10.0 6.0-16.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 47 24 40.5 24.0-59.5 23 59.5 40.5-76.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 278 219 77.0 69.9-82.8 59 23.0 17.2-30.1
Some Post-H.S. 227 200 87.3 76.7-93.5 27 12.7 6.5-23.3
College Graduate 322 301 93.9 89.5-96.6 21 6.1 3.4-10.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 31 19 67.7 44.7-84.5 12 32.3 15.5-55.3
$15,000- 24,999 121 67 44.0 31.6-57.2 54 56.0 42.8-68.4
$25,000- 34,999 109 85 70.8 58.1-81.0 24 29.2 19.0-41.9
$35,000- 49,999 157 144 90.8 82.1-95.5 13 9.2 4.5-17.9
$50,000-74,999 190 181 94.1 84.5-97.9 9 5.9 2.1-15.5
$75,000+ 202 197 97.7 94.3-99.1 5 2.3 0.9- 5.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 171 133 76.3 65.7-84.4 38 23.7 15.6-34.3
No 659 573 84.3 79.2-88.3 86 15.7 11.7-20.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 57 50 83.3 65.8-92.8 7 16.7 7.2-34.2
Non-Veteran 744 628 82.6 77.8-86.6 116 17.4 13.4-22.2

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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.

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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