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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

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
-NE Partnership I 399 54 12.8 9.5-17.1 345 87.2 82.9-90.5
GENDER
Male 138 13 9.8 5.5-16.9 125 90.2 83.1-94.5
Female 261 41 15.5 11.1-21.1 220 84.5 78.9-88.9
RACE
White 172 23 12.3 8.0-18.6 149 87.7 81.4-92.0
Other 222 30 13.3 8.9-19.5 192 86.7 80.5-91.1
AGE
18-44 135 19 12.0 7.2-19.2 116 88.0 80.8-92.8
45+ 264 35 13.5 9.4-19.1 229 86.5 80.9-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 254 36 13.4 9.2-19.1 218 86.6 80.9-90.8
Some College + 145 18 11.8 7.2-18.9 127 88.2 81.1-92.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 252 33 12.4 8.4-17.9 219 87.6 82.1-91.6
$50,000+ 47 7 15.2 6.9-30.2 40 84.8 69.8-93.1

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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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