2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access-African Americans

Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages - (Under age 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,134 2,620 81.1 79.3-82.9 514 18.9 17.1-20.7
-African Americans 648 515 76.8 72.4-80.8 133 23.2 19.2-27.6
GENDER
Male 236 184 76.2 68.8-82.2 52 23.8 17.8-31.2
Female 412 331 77.4 71.8-82.2 81 22.6 17.8-28.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 632 504 77.1 72.5-81.1 128 22.9 18.9-27.5
AGE
18-34 195 141 71.0 62.9-78.0 54 29.0 22.0-37.1
35-44 155 127 81.2 73.0-87.3 28 18.8 12.7-27.0
45-54 166 133 76.1 66.2-83.8 33 23.9 16.2-33.8
55-64 132 114 88.4 79.8-93.6 18 11.6 6.4-20.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 187 134 72.8 64.3-79.9 53 27.2 20.1-35.7
Some Post-H.S. 211 167 76.9 69.2-83.2 44 23.1 16.8-30.8
College Graduate 211 190 89.5 83.4-93.6 21 10.5 6.4-16.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 148 90 60.2 50.3-69.3 58 39.8 30.7-49.7
$25,000- 34,999 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 576 456 75.9 71.1-80.2 120 24.1 19.8-28.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 577 451 75.2 70.3-79.5 126 24.8 20.5-29.7
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 275 214 72.4 64.5-79.1 61 27.6 20.9-35.5
No 373 301 79.9 74.6-84.3 72 20.1 15.7-25.4

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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.

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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