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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Asthma

Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,207 1,849 10.1 9.5-10.7 15,358 89.9 89.3-90.5
-Orange County 420 45 8.2 5.8-11.4 375 91.8 88.6-94.2
GENDER
Male 159 9 4.1 2.1- 8.1 150 95.9 91.9-97.9
Female 261 36 12.1 8.2-17.7 225 87.9 82.3-91.8
RACE
White 349 35 7.3 4.9-10.7 314 92.7 89.3-95.1
Other 68 10 11.5 5.6-22.1 58 88.5 77.9-94.4
AGE
18-44 166 18 6.9 4.0-11.8 148 93.1 88.2-96.0
45+ 251 27 9.9 6.4-14.9 224 90.1 85.1-93.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 13 9.9 5.0-18.7 78 90.1 81.3-95.0
Some College + 328 32 7.5 5.1-11.1 296 92.5 88.9-94.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 23 9.3 5.6-14.9 143 90.7 85.1-94.4
$50,000+ 193 13 5.4 3.0- 9.5 180 94.6 90.5-97.0

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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