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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Forsyth County

Asthma

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,725 437 6.5 5.6- 7.5 6,288 93.5 92.5-94.4
Forsyth County 464 25 5.0 3.3- 7.7 439 95.0 92.3-96.7
GENDER
Male 179 8 3.9 1.8- 8.0 171 96.1 92.0-98.2
Female 285 17 6.1 3.6-10.2 268 93.9 89.8-96.4
RACE
White 344 12 3.1 1.7- 5.6 332 96.9 94.4-98.3
Other 116 13 10.7 5.8-18.7 103 89.3 81.3-94.2
AGE
18-44 199 10 4.9 2.5- 9.5 189 95.1 90.5-97.5
45+ 260 15 5.2 3.0- 8.9 245 94.8 91.1-97.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 194 7 3.3 1.5- 7.3 187 96.7 92.7-98.5
Some College + 269 18 6.5 3.9-10.6 251 93.5 89.4-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 19 8.3 5.0-13.5 202 91.7 86.5-95.0
$50,000+ 140 4 2.7 1.0- 7.1 136 97.3 92.9-99.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 415 32 7.3 5.0-10.5 383 92.7 89.5-95.0
Guilford 425 26 5.9 3.7- 9.4 399 94.1 90.6-96.3
Henderson/Transylvania 474 29 4.2 2.8- 6.2 445 95.8 93.8-97.2
Mecklenburg 448 30 5.5 3.7- 8.1 418 94.5 91.9-96.3
Orange 438 28 5.6 3.7- 8.5 410 94.4 91.5-96.3
Pitt 415 24 4.8 3.1- 7.3 391 95.2 92.7-96.9
Randolph 430 29 5.6 3.6- 8.5 401 94.4 91.5-96.4
Robeson 443 38 7.5 5.2-10.7 405 92.5 89.3-94.8
Wake 432 20 4.7 2.6- 8.2 412 95.3 91.8-97.4
Western NC 656 45 6.0 4.3- 8.2 611 94.0 91.8-95.7
Piedmont NC 886 57 7.6 5.6-10.3 829 92.4 89.7-94.4
Eastern NC 799 54 6.8 4.9- 9.3 745 93.2 90.7-95.1

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*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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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