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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 5,097 318 6.5 5.5- 7.8 4,779 93.5 92.2-94.5
GENDER
Male 1,961 78 4.8 3.4- 6.9 1,883 95.2 93.1-96.6
Female 3,136 240 8.1 6.7- 9.8 2,896 91.9 90.2-93.3
AGE
18-24 326 23 5.6 3.0-10.5 303 94.4 89.5-97.0
25-34 801 49 5.4 3.7- 7.9 752 94.6 92.1-96.3
35-44 940 55 6.4 4.1-10.0 885 93.6 90.0-95.9
45-54 1,012 73 8.5 5.9-12.1 939 91.5 87.9-94.1
55-64 777 47 7.2 4.8-10.6 730 92.8 89.4-95.2
65-74 673 38 5.3 3.2- 8.9 635 94.7 91.1-96.8
75+ 530 30 7.1 4.2-11.8 500 92.9 88.2-95.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 672 65 10.5 7.3-14.9 607 89.5 85.1-92.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,487 83 5.9 4.3- 8.0 1,404 94.1 92.0-95.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,187 88 8.4 5.9-11.8 1,099 91.6 88.2-94.1
College Graduate 1,739 81 3.8 2.8- 5.2 1,658 96.2 94.8-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 440 52 9.1 6.2-13.1 388 90.9 86.9-93.8
$15,000- 24,999 699 48 9.5 6.1-14.6 651 90.5 85.4-93.9
$25,000- 34,999 590 46 9.0 5.9-13.6 544 91.0 86.4-94.1
$35,000- 49,999 722 39 5.0 2.8- 8.8 683 95.0 91.2-97.2
$50,000-74,999 649 27 5.0 2.8- 8.9 622 95.0 91.1-97.2
$75,000+ 769 34 3.3 2.0- 5.2 735 96.7 94.8-98.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 367 27 7.0 4.6-10.3 340 93.0 89.7-95.4
Forsyth 344 12 3.1 1.7- 5.6 332 96.9 94.4-98.3
Guilford 282 18 6.2 3.8-10.2 264 93.8 89.8-96.2
Henderson/Transylvania 433 27 4.4 2.9- 6.7 406 95.6 93.3-97.1
Mecklenburg 269 19 6.4 3.8-10.4 250 93.6 89.6-96.2
Orange 355 23 6.0 3.7- 9.4 332 94.0 90.6-96.3
Pitt 289 17 5.4 3.2- 9.0 272 94.6 91.0-96.8
Randolph 388 28 6.0 3.9- 9.2 360 94.0 90.8-96.1
Robeson 176 10 6.0 3.0-11.6 166 94.0 88.4-97.0
Wake 312 14 4.6 2.2- 9.2 298 95.4 90.8-97.8
Western NC 610 44 6.4 4.6- 8.8 566 93.6 91.2-95.4
Piedmont NC 722 44 7.6 5.3-10.7 678 92.4 89.3-94.7
Eastern NC 550 35 6.9 4.7-10.2 515 93.1 89.8-95.3

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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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