BRFSS 2002 - North Carolina: (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?)

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Childhood Asthma--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures*

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
	Total Respond.#	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
Have Health Insurance
Yes	1,920	361	18.4	16.0-21.1	1,559	81.6	78.9-84.0
No	403	82	21.4	15.5-28.8	321	78.6	71.2-84.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight	45	12	20.6	8.7-41.4	33	79.4	58.6-91.3
Recommended Range	873	152	18.1	14.5-22.4	721	81.9	77.6-85.5
Overweight	724	135	18.7	14.6-23.5	589	81.3	76.5-85.4
Obese	503	112	23.2	18.2-29.1	391	76.8	70.9-81.8
Current Smoker
No	1,741	306	17.3	14.8-20.1	1,435	82.7	79.9-85.2
Yes	581	134	23.0	18.1-28.8	447	77.0	71.2-81.9
Binge Drinker
No	2,084	392	19.2	16.8-22.0	1,692	80.8	78.0-83.2
Yes	226	48	17.7	11.9-25.4	178	82.3	74.6-88.1
Heavy Drinker
No	2,245	426	19.0	16.6-21.6	1,819	81.0	78.4-83.4
Yes	66	12	18.3	7.7-37.3	54	81.7	62.7-92.3
Physical Activity
Meets Recommendation	897	168	18.4	14.9-22.6	729	81.6	77.4-85.1
Some Physical Activity	1,010	192	19.2	15.9-23.1	818	80.8	76.9-84.1
Physically Inactive	349	73	21.4	15.2-29.2	276	78.6	70.8-84.8
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	317	75	22.1	15.9-29.7	242	77.9	70.3-84.1
No	2,006	368	18.4	16.0-21.2	1,638	81.6	78.8-84.0
Disability Status
Yes	380	91	25.0	18.4-33.0	289	75.0	67.0-81.6
No	1,890	337	17.6	15.2-20.3	1,553	82.4	79.7-84.8
Current Asthma
Yes	154	66	41.9	29.7-55.2	88	58.1	44.8-70.3
No	2,167	373	17.1	14.9-19.6	1,794	82.9	80.4-85.1
Diabetes
Yes	99	16	16.7	7.8-32.3	83	83.3	67.7-92.2
Yes, During Pregnancy	37	14	44.3	25.4-64.9	23	55.7	35.1-74.6
No	2,191	413	18.6	16.3-21.2	1,778	81.4	78.8-83.7
Arthritis
Yes	459	105	24.8	18.8-31.9	354	75.2	68.1-81.2
No	1,853	338	17.7	15.3-20.4	1,515	82.3	79.6-84.7

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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.

* See Technical Notes for definitions of risk factors/conditions.