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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 | 1,164 | 59 | 5.0 | 3.4- 7.3 | 30 | 3.1 | 1.9- 5.0 | 164 | 15.5 | 12.7-18.8 | 911 | 76.4 | 72.7-79.8 |
-Piedmont NC | 642 | 29 | 5.2 | 3.0- 8.9 | 12 | 2.8 | 1.3- 6.1 | 75 | 12.2 | 9.1-16.2 | 526 | 79.8 | 74.8-84.0 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 169 | 7 | 6.6 | 2.4-17.0 | 6 | 5.2 | 1.8-13.9 | 22 | 13.5 | 7.7-22.7 | 134 | 74.7 | 63.6-83.3 |
Female | 473 | 22 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.2 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.6 | 53 | 11.4 | 8.4-15.3 | 392 | 82.8 | 78.3-86.6 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 520 | 25 | 5.7 | 3.1-10.4 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.3 | 53 | 11.0 | 7.9-15.2 | 436 | 81.9 | 76.5-86.3 |
African American | 105 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.3-11.6 | 6 | 9.3 | 3.1-24.5 | 18 | 17.1 | 9.0-30.0 | 77 | 69.6 | 55.5-80.9 |
Other Minorities | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 11.1 | 3.2-32.1 | 10 | 88.9 | 67.9-96.8 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-17.1 | 3 | 14.5 | 3.8-42.2 | 10 | 83.0 | 55.8-94.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 626 | 29 | 5.4 | 3.1- 9.2 | 11 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.2 | 72 | 12.2 | 9.1-16.2 | 514 | 79.6 | 74.4-83.9 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 9.6 | 2.1-34.6 | 6 | 12.3 | 4.5-29.7 | 24 | 78.1 | 56.4-90.8 |
25-34 | 86 | 8 | 11.4 | 4.1-27.9 | 5 | 4.2 | 1.6-10.6 | 11 | 12.4 | 6.0-23.9 | 62 | 72.0 | 57.4-83.0 |
35-44 | 125 | 6 | 6.2 | 2.5-14.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 11 | 6.2 | 3.3-11.3 | 108 | 87.6 | 79.3-92.8 |
45-54 | 125 | 6 | 5.4 | 1.8-14.9 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.5 | 20 | 20.6 | 11.5-34.1 | 97 | 72.4 | 59.3-82.5 |
55-64 | 111 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.5 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.0-12.6 | 9 | 7.8 | 3.7-15.7 | 97 | 87.8 | 78.6-93.4 |
65-74 | 92 | 4 | 4.4 | 1.3-13.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 9 | 9.3 | 4.4-18.5 | 79 | 86.3 | 75.8-92.6 |
75+ | 67 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.9- 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 19.0 | 8.8-36.1 | 56 | 78.1 | 61.6-88.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 130 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.0-11.7 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.7 | 29 | 31.8 | 20.0-46.4 | 91 | 61.6 | 47.3-74.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 174 | 7 | 6.1 | 1.6-19.9 | 7 | 6.7 | 2.4-17.6 | 19 | 8.4 | 4.9-14.0 | 141 | 78.8 | 67.2-87.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 147 | 8 | 6.2 | 2.6-13.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 | 10 | 7.2 | 3.6-13.9 | 128 | 86.2 | 77.7-91.7 |
College Graduate | 190 | 5 | 3.8 | 1.4-10.0 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 6.0 | 17 | 8.0 | 4.5-13.7 | 165 | 86.5 | 79.2-91.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 130 | 7 | 4.4 | 1.8-10.4 | 4 | 4.6 | 1.6-12.7 | 24 | 21.9 | 13.3-34.0 | 95 | 69.1 | 57.1-79.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 106 | 8 | 11.1 | 3.0-33.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 13 | 10.3 | 5.5-18.6 | 85 | 78.6 | 61.8-89.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 71 | 4 | 4.3 | 1.2-14.6 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.1-10.8 | 10 | 13.5 | 6.5-25.9 | 54 | 78.8 | 64.9-88.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 82 | 2 | 5.4 | 1.3-19.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.8 | 6 | 6.6 | 2.6-15.5 | 73 | 87.5 | 75.1-94.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 56 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.8-12.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 4.6 | 1.6-12.7 | 50 | 92.2 | 82.4-96.7 |
$75,000+ | 89 | 5 | 7.6 | 2.8-19.0 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.2 | 9 | 9.1 | 4.3-18.2 | 74 | 81.4 | 69.5-89.3 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 346 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.1- 7.5 | 10 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.2 | 50 | 16.3 | 11.4-22.7 | 270 | 76.6 | 69.7-82.3 |
No | 286 | 13 | 6.7 | 3.0-14.4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.8 | 24 | 8.1 | 4.8-13.3 | 248 | 84.4 | 76.9-89.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 54 | 3 | 3.6 | 0.8-14.4 | 3 | 5.6 | 1.7-16.4 | 5 | 8.5 | 3.0-21.8 | 43 | 82.4 | 67.9-91.2 |
Non-Veteran | 588 | 26 | 5.3 | 3.0- 9.4 | 9 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.2 | 70 | 12.5 | 9.3-16.7 | 483 | 79.5 | 74.2-84.0 |
*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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