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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Childhood Asthma--WHITE Respondents Only

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 1,608 282 17.8 15.2-20.8 1,326 82.2 79.2-84.8
GENDER
Male 590 89 13.0 9.7-17.2 501 87.0 82.8-90.3
Female 1,018 193 22.0 18.3-26.3 825 78.0 73.7-81.7
AGE
18-24 102 17 18.2 9.0-33.3 85 81.8 66.7-91.0
25-34 448 75 15.5 11.5-20.7 373 84.5 79.3-88.5
35-44 644 116 21.0 16.7-26.2 528 79.0 73.8-83.3
45-54 346 65 15.9 11.3-21.9 281 84.1 78.1-88.7
55-64 36 3 7.7 1.8-27.0 33 92.3 73.0-98.2
65-74 23 5 9.8 3.2-26.7 18 90.2 73.3-96.8
75+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 132 29 30.6 18.8-45.5 103 69.4 54.5-81.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 473 94 17.2 13.1-22.2 379 82.8 77.8-86.9
Some Post-H.S. 403 69 19.5 14.3-26.0 334 80.5 74.0-85.7
College Graduate 598 89 12.8 9.7-16.7 509 87.2 83.3-90.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 72 15 17.1 7.5-34.4 57 82.9 65.6-92.5
$15,000- 24,999 183 41 29.4 19.4-41.9 142 70.6 58.1-80.6
$25,000- 34,999 174 32 16.5 10.0-25.9 142 83.5 74.1-90.0
$35,000- 49,999 263 46 16.9 11.5-24.1 217 83.1 75.9-88.5
$50,000-74,999 289 50 17.0 11.4-24.5 239 83.0 75.5-88.6
$75,000+ 353 51 14.7 10.4-20.4 302 85.3 79.6-89.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 103 17 16.2 10.0-25.2 86 83.8 74.8-90.0
Forsyth 109 24 21.5 14.3-31.0 85 78.5 69.0-85.7
Guilford 78 9 14.3 6.6-28.1 69 85.7 71.9-93.4
Henderson/Transylvania 117 21 16.1 10.0-24.8 96 83.9 75.2-90.0
Mecklenburg 90 11 14.2 7.4-25.6 79 85.8 74.4-92.6
Orange 124 20 12.7 7.2-21.4 104 87.3 78.6-92.8
Pitt 94 19 15.5 9.5-24.3 75 84.5 75.7-90.5
Randolph 138 23 20.9 13.6-30.8 115 79.1 69.2-86.4
Robeson 45 7 13.9 5.7-30.1 38 86.1 69.9-94.3
Wake 108 15 15.0 8.7-24.7 93 85.0 75.3-91.3
Western NC 183 41 23.2 16.6-31.4 142 76.8 68.6-83.4
Piedmont NC 226 39 18.3 12.9-25.3 187 81.7 74.7-87.1
Eastern NC 193 36 17.2 12.0-24.2 157 82.8 75.8-88.0

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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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