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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 2,328 443 18.9 16.6-21.5 1,885 81.1 78.5-83.4
GENDER
Male 846 141 16.9 13.5-21.0 705 83.1 79.0-86.5
Female 1,482 302 20.6 17.7-23.9 1,180 79.4 76.1-82.3
RACE
White 1,608 282 17.8 15.2-20.8 1,326 82.2 79.2-84.8
African American 439 113 24.4 18.8-30.9 326 75.6 69.1-81.2
Asian 34 2 8.3 2.0-28.5 32 91.7 71.5-98.0
Native American 81 25 31.8 17.3-51.0 56 68.2 49.0-82.7
Other Minorities 151 19 14.5 7.9-25.1 132 85.5 74.9-92.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 160 16 10.4 5.2-19.6 144 89.6 80.4-94.8
-English Speaking 55 6 16.2 4.9-41.9 49 83.8 58.1-95.1
-Spanish Speaking 105 10 8.4 3.7-17.8 95 91.6 82.2-96.3
Non-Hispanic 2,167 426 19.7 17.3-22.4 1,741 80.3 77.6-82.7
AGE
18-24 180 32 19.0 11.7-29.5 148 81.0 70.5-88.3
25-34 676 141 19.2 15.3-23.8 535 80.8 76.2-84.7
35-44 882 164 20.3 16.6-24.5 718 79.7 75.5-83.4
45-54 456 84 18.7 14.0-24.6 372 81.3 75.4-86.0
55-64 77 10 8.6 3.7-18.9 67 91.4 81.1-96.3
65-74 34 6 6.1 2.2-15.8 28 93.9 84.2-97.8
75+ 8 2 16.3 3.0-54.9 6 83.7 45.1-97.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 281 54 21.7 14.8-30.7 227 78.3 69.3-85.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 713 157 19.8 16.0-24.2 556 80.2 75.8-84.0
Some Post-H.S. 595 118 21.3 16.6-26.8 477 78.7 73.2-83.4
College Graduate 736 112 13.6 10.7-17.2 624 86.4 82.8-89.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 169 38 11.6 6.7-19.2 131 88.4 80.8-93.3
$15,000- 24,999 375 89 24.4 18.0-32.3 286 75.6 67.7-82.0
$25,000- 34,999 284 63 26.4 19.1-35.3 221 73.6 64.7-80.9
$35,000- 49,999 341 64 17.8 12.9-24.1 277 82.2 75.9-87.1
$50,000-74,999 340 58 17.0 11.8-23.8 282 83.0 76.2-88.2
$75,000+ 409 57 14.4 10.4-19.5 352 85.6 80.5-89.6
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
Henderson/Transylvania 137 24 15.0 9.4-23.0 113 85.0 77.0-90.6
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

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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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