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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Childhood Asthma

How many of these child/ren still have asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,322 312 13.9 11.8-16.2 2,010 86.1 83.8-88.2
GENDER
Male 844 93 11.8 8.9-15.6 751 88.2 84.4-91.1
Female 1,478 219 15.5 12.9-18.6 1,259 84.5 81.4-87.1
RACE
White 1,605 188 12.2 10.0-14.9 1,417 87.8 85.1-90.0
African American 438 96 20.8 15.6-27.2 342 79.2 72.8-84.4
Asian 34 0 0.0 . - . 34 100 . - .
Native American 80 16 25.4 12.1-45.8 64 74.6 54.2-87.9
Other Minorities 150 12 10.8 5.1-21.5 138 89.2 78.5-94.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 159 8 7.0 2.8-16.2 151 93.0 83.8-97.2
-English Speaking 55 4 14.7 4.0-41.8 51 85.3 58.2-96.0
-Spanish Speaking 104 4 4.4 1.4-13.0 100 95.6 87.0-98.6
Non-Hispanic 2,162 303 14.5 12.3-16.9 1,859 85.5 83.1-87.7
AGE
18-24 179 24 14.7 8.2-24.9 155 85.3 75.1-91.8
25-34 674 108 14.7 11.3-19.0 566 85.3 81.0-88.7
35-44 880 107 14.1 11.0-18.1 773 85.9 81.9-89.0
45-54 456 59 13.7 9.6-19.2 397 86.3 80.8-90.4
55-64 76 6 5.4 1.7-15.6 70 94.6 84.4-98.3
65-74 34 4 3.2 0.9-10.2 30 96.8 89.8-99.1
75+ 8 1 13.0 1.8-55.8 7 87.0 44.2-98.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 278 37 16.6 10.4-25.5 241 83.4 74.5-89.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 713 113 14.2 11.1-18.1 600 85.8 81.9-88.9
Some Post-H.S. 593 85 16.7 12.4-22.1 508 83.3 77.9-87.6
College Graduate 735 75 8.6 6.3-11.7 660 91.4 88.3-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 167 24 6.6 3.3-12.7 143 93.4 87.3-96.7
$15,000- 24,999 373 63 19.7 13.7-27.4 310 80.3 72.6-86.3
$25,000- 34,999 283 48 20.3 13.8-28.8 235 79.7 71.2-86.2
$35,000- 49,999 339 41 11.6 7.7-17.1 298 88.4 82.9-92.3
$50,000-74,999 341 37 9.7 5.8-15.7 304 90.3 84.3-94.2
$75,000+ 407 38 10.2 6.8-15.0 369 89.8 85.0-93.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 123 14 10.9 6.4-18.1 109 89.1 81.9-93.6
Forsyth 163 30 18.1 12.4-25.7 133 81.9 74.3-87.6
Guilford 144 17 11.6 6.5-19.6 127 88.4 80.4-93.5
Henderson/Transylvania 134 15 8.9 5.0-15.3 119 91.1 84.7-95.0
Mecklenburg 178 19 11.4 6.9-18.4 159 88.6 81.6-93.1
Orange 153 14 6.7 3.6-12.2 139 93.3 87.8-96.4
Pitt 150 31 19.6 13.1-28.2 119 80.4 71.8-86.9
Randolph 161 10 6.7 3.1-14.0 151 93.3 86.0-96.9
Robeson 163 30 21.7 14.5-31.2 133 78.3 68.8-85.5
Wake 171 17 11.3 6.8-18.4 154 88.7 81.6-93.2
Western NC 197 29 17.5 11.7-25.4 168 82.5 74.6-88.3
Piedmont NC 290 40 13.2 9.2-18.7 250 86.8 81.3-90.8
Eastern NC 295 46 15.3 10.8-21.1 249 84.7 78.9-89.2

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported child/ren with asthma living in the same household.

#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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