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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Asthma-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,698 383 14.5 12.8-16.2 2,315 85.5 83.8-87.2
GENDER
Male 895 107 12.8 10.2-15.8 788 87.2 84.2-89.8
Female 1,803 276 15.8 13.8-18.0 1,527 84.2 82.0-86.2
AGE
18-24 176 28 19.5 12.6-29.0 148 80.5 71.0-87.4
25-34 468 65 14.1 10.6-18.4 403 85.9 81.6-89.4
35-44 531 90 18.6 14.7-23.2 441 81.4 76.8-85.3
45-54 524 74 13.2 10.1-17.2 450 86.8 82.8-89.9
55-64 430 57 11.6 8.4-15.7 373 88.4 84.3-91.6
65-74 330 44 12.8 9.0-17.8 286 87.2 82.2-91.0
75+ 223 24 10.7 6.6-17.0 199 89.3 83.0-93.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 607 110 19.2 15.4-23.6 497 80.8 76.4-84.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 929 121 12.9 10.5-15.8 808 87.1 84.2-89.5
Some Post-H.S. 659 89 14.3 11.1-18.1 570 85.7 81.9-88.9
College Graduate 497 61 12.2 9.0-16.3 436 87.8 83.7-91.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 533 100 16.9 13.6-20.8 433 83.1 79.2-86.4
$15,000- 24,999 622 82 13.0 10.0-16.8 540 87.0 83.2-90.0
$25,000- 34,999 345 44 12.9 9.0-18.0 301 87.1 82.0-91.0
$35,000- 49,999 303 41 16.0 11.4-22.0 262 84.0 78.0-88.6
$50,000-74,999 192 21 10.5 6.5-16.6 171 89.5 83.4-93.5
$75,000+ 145 19 13.3 7.7-21.8 126 86.7 78.2-92.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 954 211 21.5 18.5-24.8 743 78.5 75.2-81.5
No 1,638 162 11.2 9.3-13.5 1,476 88.8 86.5-90.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 312 30 9.4 6.0-14.4 282 90.6 85.6-94.0
Non-Veteran 2,341 351 15.5 13.7-17.5 1,990 84.5 82.5-86.3
Currently Serving 38 2 5.5 1.3-20.7 36 94.5 79.3-98.7

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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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