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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Mountain Area Health Education Center**

Asthma

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,433 734 7.1 6.3- 7.9 8,699 92.9 92.1-93.7
-Mountain AHEC 1,304 107 8.1 6.3-10.4 1,197 91.9 89.6-93.7
GENDER
Male 492 27 5.9 3.6- 9.4 465 94.1 90.6-96.4
Female 812 80 10.3 7.8-13.5 732 89.7 86.5-92.2
RACE
White 1,163 96 8.4 6.4-10.8 1,067 91.6 89.2-93.6
Other 137 11 6.2 2.9-12.8 126 93.8 87.2-97.1
AGE
18-44 437 43 9.1 6.1-13.4 394 90.9 86.6-93.9
45+ 856 62 7.4 5.3-10.0 794 92.6 90.0-94.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 585 60 10.3 7.3-14.2 525 89.7 85.8-92.7
Some College + 715 45 5.9 4.0- 8.6 670 94.1 91.4-96.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 753 69 9.7 7.1-13.1 684 90.3 86.9-92.9
$50,000+ 263 14 3.7 1.9- 6.8 249 96.3 93.2-98.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 452 34 7.0 4.8-10.1 418 93.0 89.9-95.2
Guilford 446 36 7.9 5.4-11.4 410 92.1 88.6-94.6
Mecklenburg 449 21 3.5 2.2- 5.6 428 96.5 94.4-97.8
Orange 449 34 8.9 4.9-15.9 415 91.1 84.1-95.1
Wake 453 30 6.0 4.0- 9.0 423 94.0 91.0-96.0
Chatham/Lee 400 22 4.3 2.6- 6.9 378 95.7 93.1-97.4
Nash/Wilson 380 32 7.3 5.0-10.6 348 92.7 89.4-95.0
Craven/Pamlico 453 46 10.3 7.2-14.4 407 89.7 85.6-92.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 436 35 6.6 4.6- 9.4 401 93.4 90.6-95.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 456 24 4.2 2.6- 6.7 432 95.8 93.3-97.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 477 32 5.8 3.9- 8.7 445 94.2 91.3-96.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 34 6.2 4.0- 9.4 390 93.8 90.6-96.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 476 42 7.5 5.3-10.4 434 92.5 89.6-94.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 417 40 7.8 5.6-10.8 377 92.2 89.2-94.4
Northeast NC I 461 32 7.2 4.9-10.5 429 92.8 89.5-95.1
Northeast NC II 513 51 9.9 7.3-13.4 462 90.1 86.6-92.7
Northeastern Partnership 974 83 9.0 7.0-11.4 891 91.0 88.6-93.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,315 297 8.3 6.8-10.0 3,018 91.7 90.0-93.2
Piedmont 4,044 274 6.3 5.3- 7.4 3,770 93.7 92.6-94.7
Western NC 2,074 163 7.9 6.3- 9.8 1,911 92.1 90.2-93.7

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*Adults without asthma are included in the denominator to estimate current asthma prevalence.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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