2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Health Care Access

Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs,
or government plans such as Medicare?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,894 4,283 84.9 83.4-86.3 611 15.1 13.7-16.6
-Western 948 822 83.0 79.0-86.4 126 17.0 13.6-21.0
GENDER
Male 431 363 81.4 75.1-86.3 68 18.6 13.7-24.9
Female 517 459 84.6 79.0-88.9 58 15.4 11.1-21.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 837 753 85.7 81.3-89.1 84 14.3 10.9-18.7
Non-Hispanic Black 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 136 98 74.4 64.2-82.5 38 25.6 17.5-35.8
35-44 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 154 120 80.3 70.1-87.6 34 19.7 12.4-29.9
55-64 176 155 89.1 81.1-94.0 21 10.9 6.0-18.9
65-74 212 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 164 164 100 . - . *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 242 207 83.8 76.1-89.3 35 16.2 10.7-23.9
Some Post-H.S. 269 225 83.9 77.0-89.0 44 16.1 11.0-23.0
College Graduate 338 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 162 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 126 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 192 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 344 296 83.1 75.5-88.8 48 16.9 11.2-24.5
No 574 503 83.8 78.8-87.8 71 16.2 12.2-21.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 808 686 80.7 76.2-84.5 122 19.3 15.5-23.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 225 197 85.0 78.0-90.1 28 15.0 9.9-22.0
Rural 723 625 82.2 77.1-86.3 98 17.8 13.7-22.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 419 338 77.0 70.6-82.4 81 23.0 17.6-29.4
Unemployed 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 334 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 150 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 430 407 92.1 87.2-95.3 23 7.9 4.7-12.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 313 274 85.4 77.6-90.8 39 14.6 9.2-22.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 263 223 78.7 70.4-85.1 40 21.3 14.9-29.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 372 325 85.0 79.0-89.6 47 15.0 10.4-21.0

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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