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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 14,965 1,189 7.6 7.0- 8.1 13,776 92.4 91.9-93.0
-Onslow County 388 35 7.8 5.4-10.9 353 92.2 89.1-94.6
GENDER
Male 147 6 3.5 1.5- 8.0 141 96.5 92.0-98.5
Female 241 29 11.8 8.1-17.0 212 88.2 83.0-91.9
RACE
White 292 23 7.1 4.6-10.8 269 92.9 89.2-95.4
Other 93 12 9.9 5.4-17.6 81 90.1 82.4-94.6
AGE
18-44 189 20 8.8 5.5-13.8 169 91.2 86.2-94.5
45+ 196 15 6.7 3.9-11.2 181 93.3 88.8-96.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 17 8.4 5.1-13.5 162 91.6 86.5-94.9
Some College + 207 18 7.2 4.3-11.8 189 92.8 88.2-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 18 6.8 4.1-11.0 213 93.2 89.0-95.9
$50,000+ 86 8 6.9 3.3-13.8 78 93.1 86.2-96.7

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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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