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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Asthma

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,739 738 10.9 9.7-12.1 6,001 89.1 87.9-90.3
Western NC 658 70 9.9 7.6-12.8 588 90.1 87.2-92.4
GENDER
Male 282 23 8.0 5.1-12.4 259 92.0 87.6-94.9
Female 376 47 12.2 9.0-16.3 329 87.8 83.7-91.0
RACE
White 612 65 9.8 7.5-12.7 547 90.2 87.3-92.5
Other 44 5 12.6 4.7-29.4 39 87.4 70.6-95.3
AGE
18-44 244 23 8.8 5.5-13.7 221 91.2 86.3-94.5
45+ 408 47 11.0 8.0-14.8 361 89.0 85.2-92.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 377 39 9.8 7.0-13.7 338 90.2 86.3-93.0
Some College + 280 31 10.1 6.7-14.9 249 89.9 85.1-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 401 45 10.8 7.8-14.8 356 89.2 85.2-92.2
$50,000+ 108 6 4.4 1.9- 9.8 102 95.6 90.2-98.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 415 58 13.4 10.2-17.6 357 86.6 82.4-89.8
Forsyth 464 38 7.7 5.4-10.9 426 92.3 89.1-94.6
Guilford 425 50 12.8 9.2-17.4 375 87.2 82.6-90.8
Henderson/Transylvania 474 50 8.8 6.3-12.1 424 91.2 87.9-93.7
Mecklenburg 448 55 10.6 7.8-14.3 393 89.4 85.7-92.2
Orange 441 50 10.9 7.9-14.8 391 89.1 85.2-92.1
Pitt 417 45 9.7 7.1-13.1 372 90.3 86.9-92.9
Randolph 431 48 10.1 7.3-13.8 383 89.9 86.2-92.7
Robeson 445 61 12.3 9.3-16.1 384 87.7 83.9-90.7
Wake 432 41 10.8 7.4-15.4 391 89.2 84.6-92.6
Piedmont NC 889 91 11.8 9.2-15.0 798 88.2 85.0-90.8
Eastern NC 800 81 10.4 8.0-13.2 719 89.6 86.8-92.0

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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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