2014 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 5,969 380 7.6 6.8- 8.5 5,589 92.4 91.5-93.2
-Eastern NC 1,891 120 7.0 5.7- 8.5 1,771 93.0 91.5-94.3
GENDER
Male 767 44 5.6 4.0- 7.9 723 94.4 92.1-96.0
Female 1,124 76 8.1 6.3-10.5 1,048 91.9 89.5-93.7
RACE
White 1,251 66 5.7 4.3- 7.5 1,185 94.3 92.5-95.7
African American 496 43 9.4 6.8-12.8 453 90.6 87.2-93.2
Other minorities 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,832 114 6.9 5.6- 8.5 1,718 93.1 91.5-94.4
AGE
18-34 253 31 10.0 6.9-14.3 222 90.0 85.7-93.1
35-54 477 42 8.2 5.8-11.4 435 91.8 88.6-94.2
55-64 460 28 5.6 3.6- 8.5 432 94.4 91.5-96.4
65-74 407 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 275 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 213 13 6.4 3.6-11.1 200 93.6 88.9-96.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 557 38 7.7 5.3-10.9 519 92.3 89.1-94.7
Some Post-H.S. 555 35 6.8 4.6- 9.9 520 93.2 90.1-95.4
College Graduate 558 33 6.7 4.6- 9.8 525 93.3 90.2-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 219 22 9.4 5.9-14.8 197 90.6 85.2-94.1
$15,000- 24,999 278 35 13.8 9.4-19.9 243 86.2 80.1-90.6
$25,000- 34,999 204 15 7.1 4.1-12.1 189 92.9 87.9-95.9
$35,000- 49,999 234 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 582 18 3.2 1.9- 5.2 564 96.8 94.8-98.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 585 39 7.8 5.5-11.1 546 92.2 88.9-94.5
No 1,235 78 6.8 5.3- 8.8 1,157 93.2 91.2-94.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 321 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,568 110 7.9 6.4- 9.8 1,458 92.1 90.2-93.6
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,558 93 6.8 5.4- 8.6 1,465 93.2 91.4-94.6
No 333 27 7.9 5.2-11.9 306 92.1 88.1-94.8

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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 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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