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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

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
-Guilford County 425 51 11.0 8.1-14.8 374 89.0 85.2-91.9
GENDER
Male 176 15 7.4 4.3-12.7 161 92.6 87.3-95.7
Female 249 36 15.0 10.5-21.0 213 85.0 79.0-89.5
RACE
White 293 33 11.0 7.5-15.7 260 89.0 84.3-92.5
Other 130 18 11.3 6.7-18.6 112 88.7 81.4-93.3
AGE
18-44 147 13 8.6 4.7-14.9 134 91.4 85.1-95.3
45+ 273 38 12.9 9.0-18.0 235 87.1 82.0-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 17 11.5 6.6-19.3 125 88.5 80.7-93.4
Some College + 282 33 10.6 7.3-15.1 249 89.4 84.9-92.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 30 13.4 8.8-19.8 167 86.6 80.2-91.2
$50,000+ 142 18 12.2 7.5-19.2 124 87.8 80.8-92.5

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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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