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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 14,965 1,189 7.6 7.0- 8.1 13,776 92.4 91.9-93.0
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 409 29 7.8 5.2-11.5 380 92.2 88.5-94.8
GENDER
Male 139 7 6.9 3.2-14.1 132 93.1 85.9-96.8
Female 270 22 8.4 5.3-13.2 248 91.6 86.8-94.7
RACE
White 256 18 7.2 4.2-12.1 238 92.8 87.9-95.8
Other 152 11 8.7 4.7-15.7 141 91.3 84.3-95.3
AGE
18-44 163 10 7.3 3.7-13.8 153 92.7 86.2-96.3
45+ 243 19 8.3 5.0-13.4 224 91.7 86.6-95.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 228 18 9.4 5.6-15.3 210 90.6 84.7-94.4
Some College + 181 11 5.5 2.9-10.3 170 94.5 89.7-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 21 9.9 6.0-15.7 211 90.1 84.3-94.0
$50,000+ 87 4 3.9 1.4-10.5 83 96.1 89.5-98.6

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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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