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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 391 51 12.7 9.5-16.9 340 87.3 83.1-90.5
GENDER
Male 148 11 7.0 3.8-12.6 137 93.0 87.4-96.2
Female 243 40 18.1 13.1-24.6 203 81.9 75.4-86.9
RACE
White 294 35 11.2 7.9-15.6 259 88.8 84.4-92.1
Other 94 16 17.4 10.0-28.5 78 82.6 71.5-90.0
AGE
18-44 190 29 14.0 9.5-20.1 161 86.0 79.9-90.5
45+ 198 22 11.5 7.3-17.7 176 88.5 82.3-92.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 180 23 12.2 7.9-18.4 157 87.8 81.6-92.1
Some College + 209 28 13.2 8.8-19.3 181 86.8 80.7-91.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 27 11.5 7.6-17.0 205 88.5 83.0-92.4
$50,000+ 87 12 11.3 6.3-19.4 75 88.7 80.6-93.7

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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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