2014 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 5,969 380 7.6 6.8- 8.5 5,589 92.4 91.5-93.2
-Piedmont NC 3,216 202 7.6 6.6- 8.9 3,014 92.4 91.1-93.4
GENDER
Male 1,354 79 6.8 5.4- 8.6 1,275 93.2 91.4-94.6
Female 1,862 123 8.4 6.9-10.2 1,739 91.6 89.8-93.1
RACE
White 2,344 106 5.8 4.7- 7.1 2,238 94.2 92.9-95.3
African American 660 75 12.7 10.0-16.1 585 87.3 83.9-90.0
Other minorities 173 20 12.3 7.6-19.3 153 87.7 80.7-92.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 111 19 14.4 8.7-22.8 92 85.6 77.2-91.3
Non-Hispanic 3,081 181 7.4 6.3- 8.7 2,900 92.6 91.3-93.7
AGE
18-34 419 62 11.8 9.0-15.3 357 88.2 84.7-91.0
35-54 907 84 9.3 7.4-11.7 823 90.7 88.3-92.6
55-64 652 40 7.3 5.2-10.1 612 92.7 89.9-94.8
65-74 673 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 497 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 322 27 10.1 6.6-15.0 295 89.9 85.0-93.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 790 54 8.6 6.4-11.5 736 91.4 88.5-93.6
Some Post-H.S. 835 64 8.9 6.9-11.4 771 91.1 88.6-93.1
College Graduate 1,254 55 4.5 3.4- 6.0 1,199 95.5 94.0-96.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 297 35 12.8 9.0-18.0 262 87.2 82.0-91.0
$15,000- 24,999 434 62 17.3 13.3-22.3 372 82.7 77.7-86.7
$25,000- 34,999 279 21 9.6 6.2-14.6 258 90.4 85.4-93.8
$35,000- 49,999 365 17 7.2 4.2-12.1 348 92.8 87.9-95.8
$50,000+ 1,178 33 3.3 2.2- 4.9 1,145 96.7 95.1-97.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 852 50 8.7 6.5-11.6 802 91.3 88.4-93.5
No 2,257 144 7.2 6.0- 8.7 2,113 92.8 91.3-94.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 414 20 5.9 3.5- 9.7 394 94.1 90.3-96.5
Non-Veteran 2,796 182 7.9 6.7- 9.3 2,614 92.1 90.7-93.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,074 60 7.2 5.4- 9.6 1,014 92.8 90.4-94.6
No 2,142 142 7.9 6.6- 9.4 2,000 92.1 90.6-93.4

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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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