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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Wake 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
Wake County 428 42 9.1 6.4-12.6 386 90.9 87.4-93.6
GENDER
Male 179 18 9.2 5.5-15.0 161 90.8 85.0-94.5
Female 249 24 8.9 5.7-13.7 225 91.1 86.3-94.3
RACE
White 322 30 8.5 5.7-12.5 292 91.5 87.5-94.3
Other 100 11 9.9 4.9-18.8 89 90.1 81.2-95.1
AGE
18-44 259 24 9.1 5.8-14.1 235 90.9 85.9-94.2
45+ 165 18 9.2 5.5-14.8 147 90.8 85.2-94.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 113 14 10.6 5.8-18.6 99 89.4 81.4-94.2
Some College + 311 27 8.3 5.4-12.5 284 91.7 87.5-94.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 19 9.7 5.7-16.2 158 90.3 83.8-94.3
$50,000+ 166 16 9.3 5.4-15.6 150 90.7 84.4-94.6
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
Gaston 467 33 6.8 4.7- 9.7 434 93.2 90.3-95.3
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
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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