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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Asthma

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,965 1,189 7.6 7.0- 8.1 13,776 92.4 91.9-93.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 357 30 8.2 5.5-11.9 327 91.8 88.1-94.5
GENDER
Male 133 7 5.3 2.4-11.4 126 94.7 88.6-97.6
Female 224 23 11.0 7.3-16.4 201 89.0 83.6-92.7
RACE
White 338 30 9.1 6.2-13.1 308 90.9 86.9-93.8
Other 18 0 0.0 . - . 18 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 131 11 8.9 4.8-15.8 120 91.1 84.2-95.2
45+ 226 19 7.7 4.7-12.5 207 92.3 87.5-95.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 19 9.3 5.7-14.9 176 90.7 85.1-94.3
Some College + 162 11 6.5 3.5-12.0 151 93.5 88.0-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 22 9.6 6.1-14.9 200 90.4 85.1-93.9
$50,000+ 61 2 4.6 1.1-17.8 59 95.4 82.2-98.9

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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 (MAHEC): 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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