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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Asthma--WHITE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,107 546 11.1 9.8-12.6 4,561 88.9 87.4-90.2
GENDER
Male 1,968 176 9.8 7.8-12.3 1,792 90.2 87.7-92.2
Female 3,139 370 12.4 10.7-14.3 2,769 87.6 85.7-89.3
AGE
18-24 328 49 12.0 7.7-18.2 279 88.0 81.8-92.3
25-34 803 86 8.6 6.4-11.5 717 91.4 88.5-93.6
35-44 942 113 12.2 9.3-16.0 829 87.8 84.0-90.7
45-54 1,014 122 13.3 10.2-17.2 892 86.7 82.8-89.8
55-64 778 68 10.2 7.4-13.9 710 89.8 86.1-92.6
65-74 673 58 9.5 6.6-13.6 615 90.5 86.4-93.4
75+ 531 47 12.3 6.6-21.5 484 87.7 78.5-93.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 674 87 14.2 10.4-19.1 587 85.8 80.9-89.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,489 139 10.4 8.1-13.2 1,350 89.6 86.8-91.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,190 155 14.1 11.0-17.8 1,035 85.9 82.2-89.0
College Graduate 1,742 164 8.0 6.5-10.0 1,578 92.0 90.0-93.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 443 78 18.5 12.3-26.9 365 81.5 73.1-87.7
$15,000- 24,999 700 70 11.5 7.9-16.6 630 88.5 83.4-92.1
$25,000- 34,999 591 72 12.9 9.3-17.7 519 87.1 82.3-90.7
$35,000- 49,999 723 71 9.7 6.6-14.0 652 90.3 86.0-93.4
$50,000-74,999 651 50 8.8 5.8-13.0 601 91.2 87.0-94.2
$75,000+ 769 75 8.7 6.5-11.7 694 91.3 88.3-93.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 367 48 12.4 9.1-16.7 319 87.6 83.3-90.9
Forsyth 344 25 6.8 4.4-10.3 319 93.2 89.7-95.6
Guilford 282 31 11.9 8.0-17.3 251 88.1 82.7-92.0
Henderson/Transylvania 433 46 9.1 6.5-12.7 387 90.9 87.3-93.5
Mecklenburg 269 36 11.7 8.1-16.6 233 88.3 83.4-91.9
Orange 358 42 11.6 8.1-16.2 316 88.4 83.8-91.9
Pitt 290 32 10.8 7.5-15.5 258 89.2 84.5-92.5
Randolph 389 46 10.9 7.8-14.9 343 89.1 85.1-92.2
Robeson 176 18 11.0 6.7-17.6 158 89.0 82.4-93.3
Wake 312 29 11.2 7.2-17.1 283 88.8 82.9-92.8
Western NC 612 65 9.8 7.5-12.7 547 90.2 87.3-92.5
Piedmont NC 724 72 11.9 9.0-15.7 652 88.1 84.3-91.0
Eastern NC 551 56 11.1 8.2-14.9 495 88.9 85.1-91.8

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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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