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Once | Twice | Three or more times | None | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,186 | 154 | 13.8 | 11.0-17.3 | 95 | 9.1 | 6.8-11.9 | 145 | 11.5 | 9.3-14.0 | 792 | 65.6 | 61.6-69.4 |
-Piedmont NC | 652 | 82 | 14.1 | 10.1-19.3 | 45 | 6.6 | 4.5- 9.7 | 68 | 10.2 | 7.5-13.8 | 457 | 69.1 | 63.6-74.1 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 169 | 19 | 16.9 | 8.7-30.3 | 16 | 8.3 | 4.2-16.0 | 15 | 10.5 | 5.5-19.2 | 119 | 64.2 | 52.4-74.5 |
Female | 483 | 63 | 12.4 | 9.3-16.3 | 29 | 5.6 | 3.7- 8.5 | 53 | 10.0 | 7.3-13.7 | 338 | 71.9 | 66.8-76.5 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 526 | 68 | 16.1 | 11.2-22.5 | 36 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.4 | 44 | 7.3 | 5.0-10.5 | 378 | 70.8 | 64.6-76.3 |
African American | 106 | 11 | 7.1 | 3.4-14.4 | 8 | 10.7 | 4.2-24.8 | 24 | 23.5 | 14.1-36.6 | 63 | 58.6 | 45.2-70.9 |
Other Minorities | 16 | 3 | 9.5 | 2.8-27.7 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.4-19.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 12 | 87.4 | 68.3-95.7 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 15 | 2 | 26.2 | 5.3-69.3 | 3 | 13.1 | 3.3-39.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 10 | 60.7 | 27.0-86.6 |
Non-Hispanic | 635 | 80 | 13.8 | 9.8-19.0 | 42 | 6.5 | 4.3- 9.6 | 68 | 10.6 | 7.7-14.3 | 445 | 69.2 | 63.6-74.3 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 32 | 3 | 16.3 | 3.5-51.4 | 3 | 10.5 | 2.5-35.2 | 3 | 6.4 | 1.9-19.3 | 23 | 66.7 | 40.7-85.4 |
25-34 | 87 | 13 | 15.8 | 7.3-30.9 | 7 | 5.2 | 2.4-11.1 | 8 | 6.1 | 2.8-12.7 | 59 | 73.0 | 59.2-83.4 |
35-44 | 128 | 20 | 15.2 | 8.7-25.4 | 7 | 5.9 | 2.7-12.2 | 9 | 9.2 | 4.2-18.9 | 92 | 69.7 | 58.7-78.9 |
45-54 | 128 | 19 | 16.6 | 9.8-26.7 | 12 | 9.2 | 4.9-16.8 | 17 | 16.9 | 8.5-30.6 | 80 | 57.4 | 45.6-68.3 |
55-64 | 112 | 13 | 11.3 | 6.3-19.5 | 8 | 5.9 | 2.8-12.0 | 13 | 10.4 | 5.4-19.3 | 78 | 72.4 | 61.9-80.9 |
65-74 | 96 | 6 | 5.5 | 2.1-13.9 | 7 | 6.7 | 2.7-15.5 | 13 | 15.9 | 8.6-27.8 | 70 | 71.8 | 59.6-81.5 |
75+ | 65 | 6 | 9.3 | 3.8-20.7 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.4 | 5 | 9.1 | 2.9-25.3 | 53 | 80.1 | 65.1-89.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 130 | 10 | 14.8 | 4.5-39.1 | 10 | 5.5 | 2.6-11.2 | 21 | 20.9 | 11.5-34.8 | 89 | 58.7 | 43.1-72.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 175 | 31 | 18.4 | 11.0-29.3 | 18 | 11.3 | 5.9-20.7 | 17 | 9.4 | 5.1-16.5 | 109 | 60.9 | 50.0-70.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 148 | 17 | 11.9 | 6.7-20.1 | 8 | 5.3 | 2.5-11.2 | 16 | 9.2 | 5.2-15.9 | 107 | 73.6 | 64.2-81.2 |
College Graduate | 198 | 24 | 11.5 | 7.0-18.2 | 9 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.5 | 14 | 5.7 | 2.9-10.8 | 151 | 78.8 | 70.9-84.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 126 | 13 | 8.8 | 4.9-15.4 | 8 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.5 | 20 | 16.5 | 10.0-26.0 | 85 | 70.6 | 60.2-79.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 109 | 16 | 16.9 | 7.2-34.9 | 8 | 6.9 | 3.2-14.4 | 11 | 8.9 | 3.9-18.8 | 74 | 67.3 | 52.3-79.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 73 | 10 | 10.0 | 4.7-19.9 | 6 | 4.7 | 2.0-10.8 | 10 | 10.6 | 4.8-21.6 | 47 | 74.7 | 61.1-84.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 83 | 8 | 16.9 | 7.7-33.2 | 10 | 13.7 | 7.1-24.8 | 8 | 6.9 | 3.0-15.1 | 57 | 62.5 | 48.2-75.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 56 | 5 | 5.7 | 2.1-14.3 | 3 | 4.2 | 1.3-12.8 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.6-11.1 | 46 | 87.5 | 76.7-93.7 |
$75,000+ | 94 | 19 | 21.3 | 13.0-33.0 | 5 | 4.6 | 1.7-11.6 | 4 | 3.2 | 0.9-10.4 | 66 | 70.9 | 59.0-80.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 346 | 40 | 14.0 | 8.3-22.5 | 31 | 8.5 | 5.7-12.6 | 52 | 15.8 | 11.1-22.1 | 223 | 61.6 | 53.6-69.1 |
No | 296 | 40 | 14.4 | 9.3-21.7 | 13 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.6 | 16 | 5.0 | 2.6- 9.3 | 227 | 77.5 | 70.1-83.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 52 | 5 | 6.2 | 2.3-16.1 | 4 | 4.5 | 1.5-12.5 | 6 | 10.0 | 4.1-22.2 | 37 | 79.3 | 65.4-88.5 |
Non-Veteran | 600 | 77 | 14.7 | 10.5-20.3 | 41 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.1 | 62 | 10.2 | 7.3-14.1 | 420 | 68.3 | 62.4-73.6 |
*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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