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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

Asthma

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,032 1,908 12.9 12.2-13.6 13,124 87.1 86.4-87.8
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 410 51 12.6 9.3-16.8 359 87.4 83.2-90.7
GENDER
Male 139 14 11.4 6.7-18.8 125 88.6 81.2-93.3
Female 271 37 13.5 9.5-18.9 234 86.5 81.1-90.5
RACE
White 257 29 10.4 6.9-15.5 228 89.6 84.5-93.1
Other 152 22 16.0 10.4-23.8 130 84.0 76.2-89.6
AGE
18-44 163 19 12.0 7.4-18.9 144 88.0 81.1-92.6
45+ 244 31 12.6 8.6-18.3 213 87.4 81.7-91.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 229 29 13.3 8.9-19.4 200 86.7 80.6-91.1
Some College + 181 22 11.6 7.4-17.8 159 88.4 82.2-92.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 33 14.5 9.9-20.6 200 85.5 79.4-90.1
$50,000+ 87 9 7.9 3.9-15.2 78 92.1 84.8-96.1

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^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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