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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,191 | 418 | 6.4 | 5.5- 7.5 | 5,773 | 93.6 | 92.5-94.5 |
| Buncombe County | 422 | 27 | 6.5 | 4.2- 9.8 | 395 | 93.5 | 90.2-95.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 165 | 10 | 6.4 | 3.2-12.4 | 155 | 93.6 | 87.6-96.8 |
| Female | 257 | 17 | 6.5 | 3.9-10.6 | 240 | 93.5 | 89.4-96.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 377 | 23 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.5 | 354 | 93.3 | 89.5-95.7 |
| Other | 42 | 4 | 5.2 | 1.8-14.0 | 38 | 94.8 | 86.0-98.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 180 | 16 | 7.9 | 4.5-13.5 | 164 | 92.1 | 86.5-95.5 |
| 45+ | 240 | 10 | 5.0 | 2.5- 9.6 | 230 | 95.0 | 90.4-97.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 174 | 16 | 9.2 | 5.2-15.7 | 158 | 90.8 | 84.3-94.8 |
| Some College + | 246 | 11 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.2 | 235 | 95.5 | 91.8-97.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 252 | 20 | 7.1 | 4.4-11.4 | 232 | 92.9 | 88.6-95.6 |
| $50,000+ | 94 | 3 | 4.0 | 1.3-11.8 | 91 | 96.0 | 88.2-98.7 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Cumberland | 429 | 25 | 4.5 | 2.9- 7.0 | 404 | 95.5 | 93.0-97.1 |
| Durham | 400 | 28 | 6.8 | 4.4-10.2 | 372 | 93.2 | 89.8-95.6 |
| Forsyth | 454 | 38 | 8.0 | 5.5-11.6 | 416 | 92.0 | 88.4-94.5 |
| Gaston | 467 | 25 | 5.4 | 3.6- 8.2 | 442 | 94.6 | 91.8-96.4 |
| Guilford | 416 | 25 | 5.9 | 3.6- 9.6 | 391 | 94.1 | 90.4-96.4 |
| Mecklenburg | 431 | 26 | 5.3 | 3.4- 8.1 | 405 | 94.7 | 91.9-96.6 |
| New Hanover | 405 | 29 | 6.4 | 4.3- 9.3 | 376 | 93.6 | 90.7-95.7 |
| Onslow | 433 | 27 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.3 | 406 | 94.5 | 91.7-96.4 |
| Wake | 428 | 29 | 6.5 | 4.2- 9.7 | 399 | 93.5 | 90.3-95.8 |
| Western NC | 617 | 35 | 4.9 | 3.4- 7.0 | 582 | 95.1 | 93.0-96.6 |
| Piedmont NC | 669 | 54 | 6.9 | 4.9- 9.8 | 615 | 93.1 | 90.2-95.1 |
| Eastern NC | 620 | 50 | 7.2 | 5.0-10.3 | 570 | 92.8 | 89.7-95.0 |
*Adults without asthma are included in the denominator to estimate current asthma prevalence.
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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