2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access-African Americans

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
-African Americans 1,360 111 10.9 8.6-13.7 1,249 89.1 86.3-91.4
GENDER
Male 448 40 9.9 6.9-14.1 408 90.1 85.9-93.1
Female 912 71 11.6 8.5-15.7 841 88.4 84.3-91.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,350 110 10.9 8.6-13.8 1,240 89.1 86.2-91.4
AGE
18-34 188 27 14.1 8.8-21.7 161 85.9 78.3-91.2
35-44 174 27 15.8 10.3-23.3 147 84.2 76.7-89.7
45-54 234 22 11.9 6.9-19.9 212 88.1 80.1-93.1
55-64 318 22 6.1 3.5-10.4 296 93.9 89.6-96.5
65-74 269 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 211 22 17.2 10.1-27.7 189 82.8 72.3-89.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 432 33 8.6 5.8-12.7 399 91.4 87.3-94.2
Some Post-H.S. 373 37 12.3 8.2-18.1 336 87.7 81.9-91.8
College Graduate 343 19 6.6 3.9-10.9 324 93.4 89.1-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 246 24 17.3 9.9-28.6 222 82.7 71.4-90.1
$15,000- 24,999 275 31 14.8 9.9-21.4 244 85.2 78.6-90.1
$25,000- 34,999 169 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 169 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 147 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 449 39 13.9 9.0-20.7 410 86.1 79.3-91.0
No 884 70 10.1 7.6-13.2 814 89.9 86.8-92.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,182 102 11.7 9.1-14.9 1,080 88.3 85.1-90.9
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 664 55 11.3 7.9-15.8 609 88.7 84.2-92.1
No 696 56 10.6 7.7-14.4 640 89.4 85.6-92.3

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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.

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