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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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
-Gaston County 374 32 9.4 6.3-13.8 342 90.6 86.2-93.7
GENDER
Male 134 10 10.3 5.3-19.0 124 89.7 81.0-94.7
Female 240 22 8.7 5.4-13.6 218 91.3 86.4-94.6
RACE
White 311 28 10.3 6.7-15.4 283 89.7 84.6-93.3
Other 62 4 6.1 1.9-17.6 58 93.9 82.4-98.1
AGE
18-44 140 11 8.4 4.4-15.5 129 91.6 84.5-95.6
45+ 230 21 10.4 6.2-16.8 209 89.6 83.2-93.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 15 7.2 4.1-12.4 187 92.8 87.6-95.9
Some College + 171 17 11.9 6.9-20.0 154 88.1 80.0-93.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 17 8.2 4.6-14.2 207 91.8 85.8-95.4
$50,000+ 75 6 8.3 3.4-18.8 69 91.7 81.2-96.6

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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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