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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 373 24 5.2 3.3- 8.0 349 94.8 92.0-96.7
GENDER
Male 146 8 5.1 2.5-10.4 138 94.9 89.6-97.5
Female 227 16 5.3 3.1- 8.7 211 94.7 91.3-96.9
RACE
White 305 20 5.5 3.4- 8.8 285 94.5 91.2-96.6
Other 65 3 3.4 1.1-10.5 62 96.6 89.5-98.9
AGE
18-44 141 7 3.7 1.5- 8.5 134 96.3 91.5-98.5
45+ 231 17 6.4 3.9-10.5 214 93.6 89.5-96.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 4 2.2 0.8- 6.0 111 97.8 94.0-99.2
Some College + 257 20 6.7 4.1-10.7 237 93.3 89.3-95.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 9 3.6 1.8- 7.1 167 96.4 92.9-98.2
$50,000+ 105 8 6.4 3.1-13.0 97 93.6 87.0-96.9

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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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