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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 413 44 10.1 7.3-13.7 369 89.9 86.3-92.7
GENDER
Male 157 12 6.9 3.7-12.5 145 93.1 87.5-96.3
Female 256 32 13.2 9.2-18.5 224 86.8 81.5-90.8
RACE
White 313 37 11.5 8.1-15.9 276 88.5 84.1-91.9
Other 98 7 5.8 2.6-12.5 91 94.2 87.5-97.4
AGE
18-44 143 11 6.6 3.6-12.0 132 93.4 88.0-96.4
45+ 267 33 12.3 8.5-17.4 234 87.7 82.6-91.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 24 10.4 6.8-15.6 184 89.6 84.4-93.2
Some College + 204 20 9.8 6.0-15.4 184 90.2 84.6-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 236 29 10.6 7.2-15.4 207 89.4 84.6-92.8
$50,000+ 81 4 6.2 2.0-18.1 77 93.8 81.9-98.0

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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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