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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston County

Asthma

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,201 628 10.1 8.9-11.4 5,573 89.9 88.6-91.1
Gaston County 467 33 6.8 4.7- 9.7 434 93.2 90.3-95.3
GENDER
Male 178 10 5.4 2.8-10.0 168 94.6 90.0-97.2
Female 289 23 8.1 5.2-12.4 266 91.9 87.6-94.8
RACE
White 392 27 6.7 4.5- 9.9 365 93.3 90.1-95.5
Other 73 6 7.2 3.1-16.0 67 92.8 84.0-96.9
AGE
18-44 217 14 6.0 3.4-10.4 203 94.0 89.6-96.6
45+ 246 18 7.5 4.6-12.0 228 92.5 88.0-95.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 247 19 7.0 4.3-11.3 228 93.0 88.7-95.7
Some College + 220 14 6.6 3.8-11.1 206 93.4 88.9-96.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 22 7.0 4.5-11.0 243 93.0 89.0-95.5
$50,000+ 103 4 5.0 1.9-12.5 99 95.0 87.5-98.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 423 46 11.2 8.2-15.3 377 88.8 84.7-91.8
Cumberland 429 41 7.5 5.2-10.6 388 92.5 89.4-94.8
Durham 400 43 10.8 7.7-14.9 357 89.2 85.1-92.3
Forsyth 457 58 12.6 9.4-16.7 399 87.4 83.3-90.6
Guilford 418 40 10.2 6.9-14.8 378 89.8 85.2-93.1
Mecklenburg 431 35 7.2 5.0-10.3 396 92.8 89.7-95.0
New Hanover 405 41 9.7 7.0-13.5 364 90.3 86.5-93.0
Onslow 435 47 10.1 7.3-13.8 388 89.9 86.2-92.7
Wake 428 42 9.1 6.4-12.6 386 90.9 87.4-93.6
Western NC 618 54 8.3 6.2-11.1 564 91.7 88.9-93.8
Piedmont NC 669 74 10.8 8.1-14.2 595 89.2 85.8-91.9
Eastern NC 621 74 11.5 8.6-15.2 547 88.5 84.8-91.4

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#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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