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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,166 | 312 | 27.6 | 24.0-31.4 | 109 | 8.5 | 6.6-10.7 | 247 | 18.8 | 16.1-21.9 | 498 | 45.1 | 41.1-49.2 |
-Piedmont NC | 642 | 195 | 29.5 | 24.9-34.6 | 53 | 7.1 | 5.0-10.0 | 111 | 14.4 | 11.3-18.1 | 283 | 49.0 | 43.6-54.5 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 169 | 38 | 21.4 | 14.7-30.2 | 11 | 5.7 | 2.9-11.2 | 29 | 14.5 | 8.8-22.9 | 91 | 58.3 | 48.0-68.0 |
Female | 473 | 157 | 34.4 | 28.8-40.5 | 42 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.7 | 82 | 14.3 | 11.1-18.2 | 192 | 43.4 | 37.7-49.3 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 516 | 160 | 30.7 | 25.5-36.6 | 40 | 6.4 | 4.2- 9.7 | 85 | 13.2 | 10.1-17.1 | 231 | 49.7 | 43.5-55.8 |
African American | 107 | 28 | 23.1 | 14.4-34.9 | 13 | 10.9 | 5.7-19.9 | 23 | 20.1 | 11.6-32.5 | 43 | 45.8 | 33.2-59.0 |
Other Minorities | 15 | 5 | 38.8 | 15.3-68.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 10.5 | 3.1-30.5 | 7 | 50.7 | 24.1-76.9 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 15 | 3 | 31.8 | 8.3-70.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 20.2 | 6.6-47.5 | 7 | 48.0 | 19.9-77.4 |
Non-Hispanic | 625 | 191 | 29.4 | 24.8-34.5 | 53 | 7.3 | 5.2-10.3 | 106 | 14.3 | 11.1-18.1 | 275 | 49.0 | 43.5-54.5 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 32 | 9 | 28.3 | 12.3-52.6 | 3 | 10.2 | 3.1-28.7 | 4 | 6.5 | 2.1-18.9 | 16 | 54.9 | 33.0-75.2 |
25-34 | 84 | 31 | 29.8 | 19.6-42.5 | 8 | 7.7 | 3.6-15.7 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.4 | 41 | 60.1 | 46.8-72.1 |
35-44 | 128 | 48 | 38.7 | 29.0-49.4 | 10 | 5.1 | 2.0-12.0 | 18 | 14.3 | 8.3-23.5 | 52 | 42.0 | 32.1-52.5 |
45-54 | 125 | 37 | 27.3 | 19.1-37.3 | 15 | 8.7 | 4.6-16.0 | 18 | 19.4 | 10.5-33.1 | 55 | 44.7 | 33.9-56.0 |
55-64 | 113 | 30 | 24.1 | 15.7-35.0 | 11 | 8.6 | 4.4-16.2 | 27 | 24.5 | 15.9-35.7 | 45 | 42.8 | 31.9-54.5 |
65-74 | 92 | 24 | 24.0 | 14.9-36.3 | 5 | 5.8 | 2.3-14.1 | 26 | 27.8 | 18.4-39.7 | 37 | 42.3 | 31.0-54.4 |
75+ | 65 | 14 | 21.1 | 11.6-35.2 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 9.0 | 14 | 16.6 | 9.1-28.4 | 36 | 60.9 | 46.6-73.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 127 | 32 | 21.5 | 13.9-31.9 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.5-12.2 | 35 | 26.0 | 15.9-39.4 | 52 | 46.9 | 32.9-61.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 173 | 48 | 20.9 | 14.4-29.4 | 15 | 7.1 | 3.7-13.1 | 32 | 13.9 | 9.1-20.5 | 78 | 58.1 | 48.0-67.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 145 | 53 | 40.4 | 30.7-50.8 | 11 | 5.3 | 2.6-10.3 | 30 | 16.5 | 10.8-24.4 | 51 | 37.9 | 28.6-48.2 |
College Graduate | 196 | 62 | 34.7 | 25.8-44.9 | 19 | 9.3 | 5.0-16.7 | 14 | 6.7 | 3.4-12.8 | 101 | 49.2 | 39.9-58.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 123 | 36 | 25.2 | 16.9-35.7 | 14 | 15.6 | 8.2-27.8 | 33 | 18.4 | 12.3-26.5 | 40 | 40.8 | 29.5-53.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 107 | 37 | 32.8 | 22.4-45.1 | 9 | 3.8 | 1.8- 7.7 | 23 | 20.5 | 12.3-32.2 | 38 | 42.9 | 29.8-57.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 71 | 20 | 32.8 | 17.6-52.8 | 3 | 5.2 | 1.2-19.4 | 9 | 8.1 | 3.6-17.1 | 39 | 53.9 | 36.3-70.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 81 | 34 | 44.8 | 31.2-59.1 | 8 | 7.2 | 3.0-16.0 | 10 | 11.4 | 5.5-22.0 | 29 | 36.7 | 24.8-50.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 55 | 22 | 43.3 | 28.4-59.5 | 4 | 3.7 | 1.3- 9.9 | 6 | 7.2 | 2.8-17.3 | 23 | 45.8 | 30.8-61.6 |
$75,000+ | 94 | 27 | 29.9 | 20.1-41.9 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.2-12.9 | 6 | 7.8 | 3.2-17.6 | 57 | 58.3 | 46.1-69.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 342 | 100 | 27.8 | 21.4-35.2 | 30 | 9.5 | 6.0-14.8 | 85 | 21.7 | 16.4-28.1 | 127 | 41.0 | 33.4-49.1 |
No | 290 | 93 | 32.2 | 25.6-39.6 | 23 | 4.9 | 3.0- 8.0 | 26 | 7.4 | 4.6-11.9 | 148 | 55.5 | 47.9-62.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 52 | 10 | 13.4 | 6.1-26.8 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.7 | 13 | 21.8 | 11.2-38.3 | 28 | 63.5 | 46.4-77.8 |
Non-Veteran | 590 | 185 | 30.9 | 26.0-36.2 | 52 | 7.6 | 5.3-10.7 | 98 | 13.8 | 10.6-17.7 | 255 | 47.8 | 42.1-53.5 |
*These data apply only to those with current asthma
^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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