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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 | 1,171 | 307 | 27.3 | 23.9-31.1 | 136 | 11.6 | 9.0-14.7 | 220 | 16.3 | 13.8-19.2 | 508 | 44.8 | 40.9-48.8 |
-Piedmont NC | 649 | 171 | 28.8 | 24.0-34.1 | 78 | 13.0 | 9.2-18.2 | 95 | 10.9 | 8.5-13.9 | 305 | 47.3 | 42.0-52.6 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 171 | 42 | 29.8 | 20.7-40.8 | 22 | 16.4 | 8.5-29.2 | 17 | 7.7 | 4.4-13.2 | 90 | 46.1 | 36.2-56.4 |
Female | 478 | 129 | 28.2 | 23.3-33.8 | 56 | 11.1 | 7.9-15.2 | 78 | 12.8 | 9.8-16.5 | 215 | 47.9 | 42.1-53.8 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 525 | 141 | 30.2 | 24.8-36.3 | 61 | 12.2 | 8.1-18.1 | 72 | 10.1 | 7.6-13.3 | 251 | 47.4 | 41.4-53.4 |
African American | 104 | 28 | 27.2 | 17.0-40.5 | 15 | 17.5 | 8.4-32.8 | 21 | 15.6 | 9.2-25.3 | 40 | 39.7 | 28.2-52.3 |
Other Minorities | 16 | 2 | 6.6 | 1.5-24.3 | 2 | 8.3 | 1.8-30.2 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.4-19.8 | 11 | 82.1 | 59.8-93.4 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 14 | 2 | 5.5 | 1.2-21.7 | 2 | 33.6 | 8.6-73.2 | 2 | 6.8 | 1.5-26.1 | 8 | 54.1 | 22.3-82.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 633 | 169 | 29.6 | 24.7-35.0 | 76 | 12.5 | 8.7-17.7 | 93 | 11.1 | 8.6-14.1 | 295 | 46.8 | 41.5-52.2 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 33 | 10 | 22.8 | 11.0-41.4 | 5 | 29.3 | 11.6-56.8 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.7- 9.8 | 15 | 45.2 | 25.4-66.6 |
25-34 | 86 | 35 | 45.9 | 32.4-60.0 | 7 | 5.4 | 2.3-11.8 | 3 | 3.3 | 1.0-10.1 | 41 | 45.4 | 32.6-58.9 |
35-44 | 128 | 41 | 31.7 | 22.8-42.2 | 11 | 11.5 | 5.6-22.1 | 11 | 8.4 | 4.1-16.2 | 65 | 48.4 | 38.1-58.8 |
45-54 | 128 | 30 | 24.9 | 16.4-36.0 | 18 | 10.4 | 6.3-16.9 | 23 | 19.6 | 12.5-29.4 | 57 | 45.0 | 35.0-55.5 |
55-64 | 115 | 24 | 19.1 | 12.3-28.4 | 16 | 14.5 | 8.2-24.3 | 19 | 15.6 | 9.3-25.0 | 56 | 50.9 | 39.6-62.0 |
65-74 | 91 | 18 | 20.0 | 12.0-31.3 | 14 | 15.7 | 8.9-26.4 | 21 | 20.5 | 12.9-30.9 | 38 | 43.8 | 32.4-56.0 |
75+ | 64 | 12 | 20.8 | 10.8-36.3 | 7 | 9.3 | 4.2-19.3 | 14 | 13.9 | 7.6-24.0 | 31 | 56.1 | 41.4-69.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 129 | 27 | 18.4 | 10.7-29.6 | 13 | 18.7 | 7.0-41.2 | 30 | 20.0 | 12.6-30.3 | 59 | 42.9 | 30.4-56.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 177 | 34 | 24.3 | 15.1-36.6 | 28 | 16.2 | 9.5-26.4 | 30 | 12.1 | 7.7-18.4 | 85 | 47.4 | 37.3-57.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 147 | 41 | 30.8 | 22.2-41.0 | 23 | 15.8 | 9.2-25.6 | 16 | 9.5 | 5.4-16.3 | 67 | 43.9 | 34.2-54.0 |
College Graduate | 195 | 69 | 37.7 | 29.1-47.1 | 14 | 5.1 | 2.9- 9.0 | 19 | 5.9 | 3.3-10.4 | 93 | 51.3 | 41.9-60.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 127 | 24 | 23.2 | 13.7-36.3 | 16 | 9.7 | 5.5-16.6 | 28 | 18.7 | 12.1-27.8 | 59 | 48.4 | 37.1-60.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 107 | 33 | 34.8 | 22.1-50.1 | 12 | 10.9 | 4.9-22.3 | 15 | 9.6 | 5.3-16.6 | 47 | 44.8 | 32.3-58.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 72 | 19 | 24.2 | 12.0-42.6 | 4 | 4.8 | 1.6-13.3 | 12 | 12.5 | 6.1-23.7 | 37 | 58.6 | 41.4-73.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 83 | 21 | 27.4 | 16.9-41.4 | 14 | 23.5 | 12.4-40.0 | 9 | 8.7 | 4.0-17.7 | 39 | 40.4 | 28.4-53.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 56 | 19 | 41.2 | 26.5-57.7 | 5 | 8.1 | 3.1-19.2 | 7 | 11.3 | 4.8-24.6 | 25 | 39.4 | 25.7-54.9 |
$75,000+ | 93 | 33 | 34.7 | 24.1-47.1 | 12 | 10.9 | 5.7-19.9 | 3 | 3.1 | 0.8-11.2 | 45 | 51.3 | 39.3-63.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 345 | 80 | 24.6 | 18.7-31.6 | 46 | 14.2 | 8.5-22.6 | 73 | 16.7 | 12.6-21.8 | 146 | 44.6 | 37.2-52.3 |
No | 294 | 89 | 34.3 | 27.0-42.3 | 31 | 10.6 | 6.6-16.7 | 21 | 5.2 | 3.0- 8.7 | 153 | 50.0 | 42.4-57.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 53 | 15 | 34.1 | 18.9-53.6 | 8 | 8.2 | 3.8-16.9 | 7 | 11.2 | 4.9-23.5 | 23 | 46.5 | 30.0-63.8 |
Non-Veteran | 596 | 156 | 28.4 | 23.4-33.9 | 70 | 13.4 | 9.3-19.0 | 88 | 10.9 | 8.4-14.0 | 282 | 47.3 | 41.8-52.9 |
*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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