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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 1,054 80 7.6 5.5-10.4 974 92.4 89.6-94.5
GENDER
Male 371 18 5.8 3.1-10.6 353 94.2 89.4-96.9
Female 683 62 8.9 6.1-12.8 621 91.1 87.2-93.9
AGE
18-24 92 7 4.8 1.9-12.1 85 95.2 87.9-98.1
25-34 192 14 6.2 2.7-13.5 178 93.8 86.5-97.3
35-44 236 21 13.1 7.2-22.6 215 86.9 77.4-92.8
45-54 220 19 8.5 4.2-16.3 201 91.5 83.7-95.8
55-64 129 9 6.0 2.6-13.1 120 94.0 86.9-97.4
65-74 94 4 4.6 1.2-16.1 90 95.4 83.9-98.8
75+ 70 6 6.0 1.9-17.1 64 94.0 82.9-98.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 204 18 8.7 4.3-16.8 186 91.3 83.2-95.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 353 29 10.1 6.2-16.0 324 89.9 84.0-93.8
Some Post-H.S. 283 20 5.6 2.6-11.4 263 94.4 88.6-97.4
College Graduate 205 13 4.6 2.0-10.0 192 95.4 90.0-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 149 18 10.9 5.4-20.6 131 89.1 79.4-94.6
$15,000- 24,999 238 13 5.0 2.4-10.5 225 95.0 89.5-97.6
$25,000- 34,999 164 14 10.3 5.0-20.0 150 89.7 80.0-95.0
$35,000- 49,999 125 9 7.4 2.8-17.9 116 92.6 82.1-97.2
$50,000-74,999 62 3 11.2 2.4-39.2 59 88.8 60.8-97.6
$75,000+ 59 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6 56 98.6 95.4-99.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 3 14.0 4.4-36.3 24 86.0 63.7-95.6
Forsyth 96 11 10.7 5.7-19.4 85 89.3 80.6-94.3
Guilford 118 7 4.0 1.5- 9.9 111 96.0 90.1-98.5
Henderson/Transylvania 13 1 2.7 0.3-20.1 12 97.3 79.9-99.7
Mecklenburg 133 9 6.1 3.0-12.3 124 93.9 87.7-97.0
Orange 42 3 5.7 1.7-18.0 39 94.3 82.0-98.3
Pitt 109 5 3.1 1.2- 7.5 104 96.9 92.5-98.8
Randolph 17 0 0.0 . - . 17 100 . - .
Robeson 96 9 6.4 3.0-13.1 87 93.6 86.9-97.0
Wake 74 4 4.5 1.2-15.3 70 95.5 84.7-98.8
Western NC 23 1 2.4 0.3-15.4 22 97.6 84.6-99.7
Piedmont NC 114 10 10.6 5.3-20.0 104 89.4 80.0-94.7
Eastern NC 192 17 8.1 4.5-14.2 175 91.9 85.8-95.5

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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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