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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 569 74 12.0 8.6-16.6 495 88.0 83.4-91.4
GENDER
Male 219 26 13.0 7.3-22.0 193 87.0 78.0-92.7
Female 350 48 11.2 7.8-15.7 302 88.8 84.3-92.2
RACE
White 506 62 12.0 8.4-16.8 444 88.0 83.2-91.6
Other 62 12 13.3 5.0-30.9 50 86.7 69.1-95.0
AGE
18-44 136 24 16.8 9.7-27.7 112 83.2 72.3-90.3
45+ 432 50 9.0 6.4-12.3 382 91.0 87.7-93.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 264 44 17.4 11.3-25.8 220 82.6 74.2-88.7
Some College + 301 30 7.3 4.4-11.8 271 92.7 88.2-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 366 55 13.2 9.4-18.3 311 86.8 81.7-90.6
$50,000+ 127 10 5.4 2.5-11.2 117 94.6 88.8-97.5

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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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