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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 17,177 | 1,209 | 6.5 | 6.0- 7.0 | 15,968 | 93.5 | 93.0-94.0 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,646 | 665 | 6.3 | 5.7- 7.0 | 8,981 | 93.7 | 93.0-94.3 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 3,515 | 176 | 4.8 | 3.9- 5.9 | 3,339 | 95.2 | 94.1-96.1 |
Female | 6,131 | 489 | 7.8 | 7.0- 8.7 | 5,642 | 92.2 | 91.3-93.0 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 7,487 | 535 | 6.7 | 6.0- 7.6 | 6,952 | 93.3 | 92.4-94.0 |
African American | 1,571 | 110 | 7.0 | 5.4- 8.9 | 1,461 | 93.0 | 91.1-94.6 |
Other Minorities | 547 | 16 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.4 | 531 | 98.1 | 96.6-98.9 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 557 | 16 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.6 | 541 | 98.1 | 96.4-99.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 9,083 | 647 | 6.8 | 6.1- 7.6 | 8,436 | 93.2 | 92.4-93.9 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 439 | 33 | 6.5 | 4.2- 9.9 | 406 | 93.5 | 90.1-95.8 |
25-34 | 1,357 | 87 | 6.3 | 4.8- 8.2 | 1,270 | 93.7 | 91.8-95.2 |
35-44 | 1,886 | 130 | 6.4 | 5.3- 7.9 | 1,756 | 93.6 | 92.1-94.7 |
45-54 | 1,839 | 129 | 5.9 | 4.8- 7.4 | 1,710 | 94.1 | 92.6-95.2 |
55-64 | 1,724 | 117 | 6.4 | 5.2- 8.0 | 1,607 | 93.6 | 92.0-94.8 |
65-74 | 1,293 | 96 | 6.5 | 5.2- 8.2 | 1,197 | 93.5 | 91.8-94.8 |
75+ | 1,060 | 69 | 6.4 | 4.9- 8.5 | 991 | 93.6 | 91.5-95.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,505 | 137 | 7.1 | 5.4- 9.2 | 1,368 | 92.9 | 90.8-94.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,744 | 180 | 6.6 | 5.4- 8.1 | 2,564 | 93.4 | 91.9-94.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,293 | 149 | 6.0 | 4.9- 7.3 | 2,144 | 94.0 | 92.7-95.1 |
College Graduate | 3,085 | 198 | 5.9 | 5.0- 7.1 | 2,887 | 94.1 | 92.9-95.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,037 | 134 | 10.5 | 8.4-13.0 | 903 | 89.5 | 87.0-91.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,637 | 110 | 5.7 | 4.4- 7.4 | 1,527 | 94.3 | 92.6-95.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,134 | 73 | 6.9 | 4.9- 9.6 | 1,061 | 93.1 | 90.4-95.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,263 | 83 | 6.6 | 5.1- 8.6 | 1,180 | 93.4 | 91.4-94.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,310 | 56 | 3.6 | 2.6- 4.9 | 1,254 | 96.4 | 95.1-97.4 |
$75,000+ | 1,809 | 94 | 4.7 | 3.7- 5.9 | 1,715 | 95.3 | 94.1-96.3 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 2,817 | 357 | 12.8 | 11.1-14.7 | 2,460 | 87.2 | 85.3-88.9 |
No | 6,559 | 298 | 4.2 | 3.6- 4.8 | 6,261 | 95.8 | 95.2-96.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,142 | 54 | 4.3 | 3.0- 6.0 | 1,088 | 95.7 | 94.0-97.0 |
Non-Veteran | 8,492 | 611 | 6.6 | 5.9- 7.4 | 7,881 | 93.4 | 92.6-94.1 |
*Adults without asthma are included in the denominator to estimate current asthma prevalence.
^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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