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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

Childhood Asthma

Earlier you said there were/was child/ren age 17 or younger living in your household. How many of these children have ever been diagnosed with asthma?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,328 443 18.9 16.6-21.5 1,885 81.1 78.5-83.4
Henderson/ Transylvania 137 24 15.0 9.4-23.0 113 85.0 77.0-90.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 122 18 14.3 8.9-22.0 104 85.7 78.0-91.1
Forsyth 163 35 21.4 15.2-29.2 128 78.6 70.8-84.8
Guilford 144 22 16.0 9.7-25.2 122 84.0 74.8-90.3
Mecklenburg 180 27 16.1 10.6-23.5 153 83.9 76.5-89.4
Orange 154 23 11.7 7.0-18.8 131 88.3 81.2-93.0
Pitt 150 40 23.0 16.2-31.6 110 77.0 68.4-83.8
Randolph 160 25 18.3 12.0-27.0 135 81.7 73.0-88.0
Robeson 163 40 26.4 18.7-35.9 123 73.6 64.1-81.3
Wake 171 28 17.9 12.1-25.7 143 82.1 74.3-87.9
Western NC 198 46 23.4 17.0-31.2 152 76.6 68.8-83.0
Piedmont NC 290 55 18.9 14.1-25.0 235 81.1 75.0-85.9
Eastern NC 296 60 19.4 14.5-25.4 236 80.6 74.6-85.5

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Henderson/Transylvania Counties. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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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, 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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