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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Childhood Asthma--WHITE Respondents Only

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 1,605 188 12.2 10.0-14.9 1,417 87.8 85.1-90.0
GENDER
Male 590 58 8.6 6.0-12.2 532 91.4 87.8-94.0
Female 1,015 130 15.4 12.1-19.4 885 84.6 80.6-87.9
AGE
18-24 102 12 13.2 5.4-28.6 90 86.8 71.4-94.6
25-34 448 56 10.8 7.6-15.1 392 89.2 84.9-92.4
35-44 641 71 14.6 10.8-19.5 570 85.4 80.5-89.2
45-54 346 44 10.1 6.6-15.2 302 89.9 84.8-93.4
55-64 36 1 4.5 0.6-26.8 35 95.5 73.2-99.4
65-74 23 3 4.5 1.0-17.3 20 95.5 82.7-99.0
75+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 132 21 24.3 13.6-39.5 111 75.7 60.5-86.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 472 60 10.9 7.7-15.1 412 89.1 84.9-92.3
Some Post-H.S. 403 48 14.3 9.8-20.5 355 85.7 79.5-90.2
College Graduate 596 58 8.0 5.6-11.2 538 92.0 88.8-94.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 72 7 7.4 2.0-24.2 65 92.6 75.8-98.0
$15,000- 24,999 182 29 26.2 16.4-39.0 153 73.8 61.0-83.6
$25,000- 34,999 174 23 9.7 5.4-16.6 151 90.3 83.4-94.6
$35,000- 49,999 261 26 9.2 5.5-15.1 235 90.8 84.9-94.5
$50,000-74,999 289 31 9.2 5.1-15.9 258 90.8 84.1-94.9
$75,000+ 351 35 10.9 7.1-16.2 316 89.1 83.8-92.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 103 12 11.6 6.5-19.9 91 88.4 80.1-93.5
Forsyth 109 20 18.0 11.4-27.3 89 82.0 72.7-88.6
Guilford 78 7 11.9 4.9-26.1 71 88.1 73.9-95.1
Henderson/Transylvania 116 14 10.5 5.8-18.0 102 89.5 82.0-94.2
Mecklenburg 89 8 10.3 4.7-21.1 81 89.7 78.9-95.3
Orange 123 12 7.2 3.6-14.0 111 92.8 86.0-96.4
Pitt 94 14 12.3 7.0-20.7 80 87.7 79.3-93.0
Randolph 139 9 7.8 3.5-16.3 130 92.2 83.7-96.5
Robeson 45 6 13.3 5.3-29.7 39 86.7 70.3-94.7
Wake 108 8 8.4 3.9-16.8 100 91.6 83.2-96.1
Western NC 183 26 17.2 11.2-25.4 157 82.8 74.6-88.8
Piedmont NC 226 28 12.6 8.1-19.0 198 87.4 81.0-91.9
Eastern NC 192 24 11.3 7.0-17.8 168 88.7 82.2-93.0

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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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