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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 410 50 13.8 10.0-18.6 360 86.2 81.4-90.0
GENDER
Male 151 18 13.3 8.1-21.1 133 86.7 78.9-91.9
Female 259 32 14.1 9.4-20.7 227 85.9 79.3-90.6
RACE
White 321 36 12.8 8.9-18.2 285 87.2 81.8-91.1
Other 86 14 17.0 9.1-29.6 72 83.0 70.4-90.9
AGE
18-44 196 30 15.7 10.5-22.8 166 84.3 77.2-89.5
45+ 213 20 11.7 7.0-19.0 193 88.3 81.0-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 84 13 17.8 9.3-31.5 71 82.2 68.5-90.7
Some College + 326 37 12.5 8.8-17.6 289 87.5 82.4-91.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 151 21 16.2 9.5-26.1 130 83.8 73.9-90.5
$50,000+ 170 17 9.7 5.9-15.6 153 90.3 84.4-94.1

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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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