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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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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 |
-Buncombe County | 363 | 31 | 8.5 | 5.9-12.3 | 332 | 91.5 | 87.7-94.1 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 141 | 8 | 4.8 | 2.3- 9.7 | 133 | 95.2 | 90.3-97.7 |
Female | 222 | 23 | 12.2 | 7.9-18.4 | 199 | 87.8 | 81.6-92.1 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 321 | 28 | 8.7 | 5.8-12.7 | 293 | 91.3 | 87.3-94.2 |
Other | 40 | 3 | 8.1 | 2.5-22.8 | 37 | 91.9 | 77.2-97.5 |
AGE | |||||||
18-44 | 134 | 9 | 5.6 | 2.7-11.1 | 125 | 94.4 | 88.9-97.3 |
45+ | 229 | 22 | 10.6 | 6.8-16.1 | 207 | 89.4 | 83.9-93.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
H.S. or Less | 131 | 16 | 11.7 | 6.9-19.2 | 115 | 88.3 | 80.8-93.1 |
Some College + | 232 | 15 | 6.7 | 3.9-11.2 | 217 | 93.3 | 88.8-96.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $50,000 | 206 | 21 | 9.7 | 6.1-15.2 | 185 | 90.3 | 84.8-93.9 |
$50,000+ | 88 | 5 | 6.4 | 2.6-14.7 | 83 | 93.6 | 85.3-97.4 |
*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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