2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 4,215 238 7.7 6.6- 9.0 3,977 92.3 91.0-93.4
GENDER
Male 1,614 92 7.5 5.9- 9.5 1,522 92.5 90.5-94.1
Female 2,601 146 8.0 6.5- 9.7 2,455 92.0 90.3-93.5
RACE
White 3,212 149 5.8 4.7- 7.0 3,063 94.2 93.0-95.3
African American 793 63 11.4 8.5-15.2 730 88.6 84.8-91.5
Other minorities 175 26 18.9 12.3-27.9 149 81.1 72.1-87.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 108 16 19.0 11.0-30.9 92 81.0 69.1-89.0
Non-Hispanic 4,086 221 7.3 6.2- 8.6 3,865 92.7 91.4-93.8
AGE
18-34 505 75 14.2 11.0-18.0 430 85.8 82.0-89.0
35-54 1,206 87 7.5 5.7- 9.7 1,119 92.5 90.3-94.3
55-64 840 38 4.1 2.7- 6.1 802 95.9 93.9-97.3
65-74 884 25 4.9 3.0- 7.9 859 95.1 92.1-97.0
75+ 737 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 449 33 11.3 7.6-16.4 416 88.7 83.6-92.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,114 78 10.5 8.1-13.6 1,036 89.5 86.4-91.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,118 76 7.7 5.8-10.2 1,042 92.3 89.8-94.2
College Graduate 1,528 51 4.2 2.9- 6.0 1,477 95.8 94.0-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 374 39 15.2 10.3-22.0 335 84.8 78.0-89.7
$15,000- 24,999 586 43 11.7 8.3-16.1 543 88.3 83.9-91.7
$25,000- 34,999 380 29 10.1 6.3-15.6 351 89.9 84.4-93.7
$35,000- 49,999 525 31 10.9 7.4-15.7 494 89.1 84.3-92.6
$50,000+ 1,470 49 3.7 2.5- 5.3 1,421 96.3 94.7-97.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,180 84 9.8 7.4-12.8 1,096 90.2 87.2-92.6
No 2,982 154 7.3 6.0- 8.8 2,828 92.7 91.2-94.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 521 18 5.2 3.0- 8.8 503 94.8 91.2-97.0
Non-Veteran 3,691 220 8.0 6.8- 9.4 3,471 92.0 90.6-93.2
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,590 95 8.8 6.8-11.2 1,495 91.2 88.8-93.2
No 2,625 143 7.3 6.0- 8.8 2,482 92.7 91.2-94.0

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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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