2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Health Care Access

In the PAST 12 MONTHS was there any time when you did NOT have ANY
health insurance or coverage?*

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Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,225 415 7.5 6.7- 8.5 6,810 92.5 91.5-93.3
-Eastern NC 2,168 127 7.6 6.0- 9.5 2,041 92.4 90.5-94.0
GENDER
Male 772 46 6.6 4.6- 9.3 726 93.4 90.7-95.4
Female 1,396 81 8.4 6.1-11.3 1,315 91.6 88.7-93.9
RACE
White 1,287 57 5.5 4.0- 7.4 1,230 94.5 92.6-96.0
African American 526 44 10.2 6.6-15.4 482 89.8 84.6-93.4
Other minorities 330 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,120 124 7.5 5.9- 9.5 1,996 92.5 90.5-94.1
AGE
18-34 222 30 12.6 7.9-19.4 192 87.4 80.6-92.1
35-54 558 45 8.6 6.1-11.9 513 91.4 88.1-93.9
55-64 502 31 6.8 4.2-10.7 471 93.2 89.3-95.8
65-74 494 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 366 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 277 29 16.3 9.7-26.0 248 83.7 74.0-90.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 616 43 7.4 5.0-11.0 573 92.6 89.0-95.0
Some Post-H.S. 636 34 6.4 4.3- 9.5 602 93.6 90.5-95.7
College Graduate 636 20 4.2 2.5- 7.0 616 95.8 93.0-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 280 39 24.9 16.5-35.8 241 75.1 64.2-83.5
$15,000- 24,999 344 37 15.8 10.9-22.4 307 84.2 77.6-89.1
$25,000- 34,999 213 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 272 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 641 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 715 58 10.9 7.4-15.9 657 89.1 84.1-92.6
No 1,420 66 6.3 4.7- 8.4 1,354 93.7 91.6-95.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 363 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,804 115 8.4 6.6-10.7 1,689 91.6 89.3-93.4
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,567 99 7.3 5.6- 9.6 1,468 92.7 90.4-94.4
No 601 28 8.5 5.4-13.3 573 91.5 86.7-94.6

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*Asked only of those who reported having any type of health insurance.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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