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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Asthma

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,615 1,768 10.9 10.3-11.7 13,847 89.1 88.3-89.7
-Mtn. AHEC 927 121 11.6 9.0-14.9 806 88.4 85.1-91.0
GENDER
Male 347 33 10.6 6.4-17.0 314 89.4 83.0-93.6
Female 580 88 12.5 9.7-16.0 492 87.5 84.0-90.3
RACE
White 825 101 11.3 8.6-14.9 724 88.7 85.1-91.4
Other 98 20 14.6 7.9-25.6 78 85.4 74.4-92.1
AGE
18-44 241 37 13.9 8.9-21.2 204 86.1 78.8-91.1
45+ 685 84 9.9 7.7-12.6 601 90.1 87.4-92.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 392 62 15.1 10.4-21.5 330 84.9 78.5-89.6
Some College + 530 58 8.8 6.3-12.1 472 91.2 87.9-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 561 85 12.7 9.6-16.5 476 87.3 83.5-90.4
$50,000+ 235 23 7.7 4.8-12.2 212 92.3 87.8-95.2

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^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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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