2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access-Males

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 2,659 2,271 84.5 82.7-86.1 388 15.5 13.9-17.3
-MALES 1,316 1,094 81.7 79.0-84.2 222 18.3 15.8-21.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 841 771 90.2 87.3-92.5 70 9.8 7.5-12.7
Non-Hispanic Black 215 180 80.0 72.4-86.0 35 20.0 14.0-27.6
Other 245 129 51.0 43.8-58.2 116 49.0 41.8-56.2
AGE
18-34 404 306 73.7 68.4-78.4 98 26.3 21.6-31.6
35-44 313 246 80.8 75.3-85.3 67 19.2 14.7-24.7
45-54 316 279 90.1 86.0-93.1 37 9.9 6.9-14.0
55-64 283 263 92.4 87.9-95.4 20 7.6 4.6-12.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 120 41 38.0 28.4-48.7 79 62.0 51.3-71.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 373 290 80.7 75.9-84.6 83 19.3 15.4-24.1
Some Post-H.S. 315 273 86.6 81.6-90.5 42 13.4 9.5-18.4
College Graduate 504 487 96.5 94.2-98.0 17 3.5 2.0- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 158 81 54.9 46.1-63.4 77 45.1 36.6-53.9
$25,000- 34,999 133 96 71.2 61.2-79.4 37 28.8 20.6-38.8
$35,000- 49,999 165 134 77.1 67.8-84.4 31 22.9 15.6-32.2
$50,000- 74,999 216 208 95.9 91.6-98.1 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 440 428 96.6 93.7-98.2 12 3.4 1.8- 6.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 129 105 77.8 67.2-85.7 24 22.2 14.3-32.8
No 1,157 966 82.2 79.4-84.7 191 17.8 15.3-20.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 229 220 95.3 90.8-97.7 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,083 870 78.8 75.7-81.6 213 21.2 18.4-24.3
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 472 396 83.1 78.9-86.6 76 16.9 13.4-21.1
Regional City or Suburban 300 253 81.5 75.4-86.3 47 18.5 13.7-24.6
Rural 544 445 80.6 75.9-84.5 99 19.4 15.5-24.1

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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 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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