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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Asthma--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,056 131 12.2 9.6-15.5 925 87.8 84.5-90.4
GENDER
Male 371 36 10.3 6.7-15.7 335 89.7 84.3-93.3
Female 685 95 13.6 10.2-18.0 590 86.4 82.0-89.8
AGE
18-24 92 15 12.4 6.2-23.4 77 87.6 76.6-93.8
25-34 193 24 11.0 6.3-18.7 169 89.0 81.3-93.7
35-44 237 32 16.9 10.4-26.3 205 83.1 73.7-89.6
45-54 220 26 12.5 7.3-20.6 194 87.5 79.4-92.7
55-64 129 19 12.4 6.7-21.7 110 87.6 78.3-93.3
65-74 94 8 7.5 2.9-18.2 86 92.5 81.8-97.1
75+ 70 6 6.0 1.9-17.1 64 94.0 82.9-98.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 204 29 12.3 7.1-20.5 175 87.7 79.5-92.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 354 43 14.4 9.7-20.9 311 85.6 79.1-90.3
Some Post-H.S. 283 32 9.6 5.7-15.8 251 90.4 84.2-94.3
College Graduate 206 27 12.5 7.5-20.2 179 87.5 79.8-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 25 13.9 7.8-23.5 125 86.1 76.5-92.2
$15,000- 24,999 238 25 11.2 6.3-19.0 213 88.8 81.0-93.7
$25,000- 34,999 164 21 13.9 7.7-23.6 143 86.1 76.4-92.3
$35,000- 49,999 125 17 11.6 5.8-21.9 108 88.4 78.1-94.2
$50,000-74,999 63 6 17.1 5.9-40.4 57 82.9 59.6-94.1
$75,000+ 59 6 4.1 1.6-10.1 53 95.9 89.9-98.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 7 31.5 15.2-54.0 20 68.5 46.0-84.8
Forsyth 96 11 10.7 5.7-19.4 85 89.3 80.6-94.3
Guilford 118 17 13.1 7.3-22.3 101 86.9 77.7-92.7
Henderson/Transylvania 13 2 9.6 1.6-40.8 11 90.4 59.2-98.4
Mecklenburg 133 16 13.2 7.5-22.1 117 86.8 77.9-92.5
Orange 42 5 9.7 3.7-23.0 37 90.3 77.0-96.3
Pitt 110 10 6.4 3.3-12.1 100 93.6 87.9-96.7
Randolph 17 0 0.0 . - . 17 100 . - .
Robeson 96 14 10.1 5.5-17.9 82 89.9 82.1-94.5
Wake 74 7 7.3 2.9-17.3 67 92.7 82.7-97.1
Western NC 23 4 23.5 8.1-51.8 19 76.5 48.2-91.9
Piedmont NC 115 16 15.9 9.2-26.0 99 84.1 74.0-90.8
Eastern NC 192 22 10.6 6.4-16.9 170 89.4 83.1-93.6

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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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