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Total Respond.^ |
1-7 Days | 8-30 days | More than 30 Days | None | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,123 | 190 | 18.8 | 15.4-22.7 | 107 | 8.7 | 6.8-11.0 | 71 | 5.1 | 3.8- 6.6 | 755 | 67.5 | 63.5-71.3 |
-Piedmont NC | 632 | 98 | 15.5 | 11.6-20.3 | 54 | 8.5 | 6.1-11.9 | 40 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.7 | 440 | 71.3 | 66.1-76.0 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 167 | 22 | 14.5 | 7.3-26.8 | 12 | 8.5 | 4.1-16.9 | 10 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.2 | 123 | 73.4 | 61.8-82.4 |
Female | 465 | 76 | 16.0 | 12.4-20.4 | 42 | 8.6 | 6.1-11.9 | 30 | 5.4 | 3.6- 8.0 | 317 | 70.0 | 64.8-74.8 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 508 | 72 | 15.1 | 10.6-21.1 | 42 | 8.8 | 5.9-12.9 | 28 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.4 | 366 | 71.9 | 65.8-77.4 |
African American | 105 | 22 | 15.5 | 9.5-24.4 | 10 | 8.3 | 3.9-16.9 | 11 | 6.8 | 3.4-13.1 | 62 | 69.4 | 58.0-78.8 |
Other Minorities | 15 | 4 | 28.3 | 9.7-59.1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-19.5 | 1 | 5.7 | 0.8-32.0 | 9 | 63.0 | 34.2-84.8 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 16 | 5 | 39.7 | 14.3-72.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 15.5 | 4.2-43.1 | 8 | 44.9 | 19.1-73.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 614 | 93 | 14.7 | 10.9-19.6 | 54 | 8.9 | 6.3-12.4 | 37 | 4.4 | 3.0- 6.3 | 430 | 72.0 | 66.7-76.7 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 32 | 6 | 20.2 | 5.9-50.5 | 2 | 6.7 | 1.4-26.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 24 | 73.1 | 45.8-89.7 |
25-34 | 85 | 17 | 12.4 | 7.2-20.6 | 6 | 7.8 | 2.8-19.8 | 4 | 3.4 | 1.1- 9.6 | 58 | 76.4 | 64.8-85.0 |
35-44 | 127 | 26 | 19.7 | 12.5-29.6 | 11 | 8.6 | 4.1-17.1 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.4 | 84 | 68.4 | 57.9-77.3 |
45-54 | 122 | 28 | 25.7 | 17.0-36.9 | 12 | 10.0 | 5.1-18.6 | 8 | 4.9 | 2.2-10.5 | 74 | 59.4 | 47.9-69.9 |
55-64 | 110 | 11 | 7.5 | 3.9-14.1 | 12 | 10.9 | 5.7-19.7 | 13 | 10.5 | 5.5-18.9 | 74 | 71.1 | 60.4-79.9 |
65-74 | 88 | 6 | 4.9 | 2.1-10.9 | 5 | 6.5 | 2.4-16.5 | 7 | 11.1 | 4.8-23.3 | 70 | 77.6 | 65.3-86.4 |
75+ | 64 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.1-11.2 | 6 | 9.2 | 3.7-20.9 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.8-17.4 | 53 | 83.4 | 70.2-91.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 124 | 22 | 26.4 | 13.5-45.3 | 8 | 10.2 | 3.7-25.5 | 14 | 10.4 | 5.5-18.8 | 80 | 52.9 | 38.1-67.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 171 | 24 | 14.6 | 8.9-23.0 | 21 | 9.8 | 5.8-16.3 | 10 | 4.6 | 2.2- 9.1 | 116 | 71.0 | 61.6-78.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 140 | 29 | 18.8 | 12.1-28.0 | 16 | 11.9 | 7.0-19.6 | 10 | 5.2 | 2.6-10.0 | 85 | 64.1 | 54.1-73.1 |
College Graduate | 196 | 23 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.6 | 9 | 4.4 | 1.9- 9.5 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.3 | 158 | 86.2 | 80.1-90.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 122 | 23 | 17.7 | 10.9-27.4 | 14 | 16.0 | 8.1-29.1 | 15 | 10.4 | 5.7-18.3 | 70 | 55.9 | 43.8-67.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 103 | 14 | 12.8 | 7.1-22.0 | 13 | 9.2 | 4.9-16.4 | 7 | 5.6 | 2.6-11.8 | 69 | 72.5 | 61.7-81.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 71 | 16 | 13.0 | 6.9-22.9 | 3 | 5.5 | 1.6-17.8 | 5 | 6.2 | 2.3-15.6 | 47 | 75.3 | 61.4-85.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 80 | 18 | 29.2 | 17.6-44.4 | 5 | 4.5 | 1.6-11.7 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.7-11.3 | 54 | 63.5 | 48.8-76.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 55 | 6 | 11.2 | 4.9-23.8 | 6 | 8.2 | 3.4-18.4 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.3 | 42 | 78.7 | 65.0-88.1 |
$75,000+ | 94 | 12 | 10.2 | 5.4-18.6 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.8-10.4 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.4 | 78 | 86.2 | 77.0-92.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 330 | 55 | 18.1 | 12.0-26.6 | 43 | 12.3 | 8.4-17.6 | 34 | 8.3 | 5.6-12.1 | 198 | 61.3 | 53.2-68.7 |
No | 292 | 43 | 13.6 | 9.5-19.1 | 11 | 5.2 | 2.4-10.7 | 6 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.2 | 232 | 80.0 | 73.4-85.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 50 | 7 | 8.8 | 3.9-18.8 | 4 | 4.4 | 1.5-12.3 | 4 | 6.6 | 2.1-18.6 | 35 | 80.2 | 66.5-89.2 |
Non-Veteran | 582 | 91 | 16.0 | 11.9-21.2 | 50 | 8.9 | 6.2-12.5 | 36 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.6 | 405 | 70.6 | 65.0-75.5 |
*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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