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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,115 | 290 | 25.6 | 22.1-29.3 | 100 | 9.8 | 7.5-12.5 | 205 | 16.4 | 13.9-19.3 | 520 | 48.3 | 44.2-52.4 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 27 | 3 | 12.0 | 3.8-32.1 | 3 | 10.2 | 2.8-30.8 | 6 | 16.0 | 6.7-33.5 | 15 | 61.9 | 41.1-79.1 |
Buncombe | 34 | 8 | 18.2 | 8.4-34.8 | 2 | 5.8 | 1.4-20.9 | 6 | 17.1 | 6.3-38.6 | 18 | 59.0 | 39.8-75.8 |
Cabarrus | 24 | 9 | 32.8 | 15.4-56.7 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.7 | 2 | 4.7 | 1.1-17.7 | 12 | 60.1 | 37.0-79.5 |
Catawba | 14 | 5 | 20.5 | 6.6-48.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 5.6 | 0.7-33.1 | 8 | 73.8 | 43.8-91.1 |
Cumberland | 44 | 10 | 24.0 | 11.3-43.9 | 3 | 7.6 | 2.2-23.3 | 9 | 11.1 | 4.6-24.5 | 22 | 57.3 | 35.5-76.6 |
Davidson | 28 | 8 | 24.5 | 11.1-45.9 | 6 | 15.6 | 6.1-34.5 | 4 | 17.6 | 6.2-41.0 | 10 | 42.2 | 22.4-65.0 |
Durham | 22 | 5 | 30.9 | 12.9-57.4 | 3 | 9.6 | 3.0-26.8 | 1 | 9.2 | 1.3-43.3 | 13 | 50.3 | 28.2-72.3 |
Forsyth | 24 | 5 | 22.0 | 8.2-47.0 | 5 | 31.6 | 12.7-59.4 | 2 | 7.8 | 1.6-30.7 | 12 | 38.5 | 19.3-62.1 |
Gaston | 29 | 8 | 19.3 | 7.6-41.1 | 4 | 10.6 | 3.5-28.0 | 5 | 18.1 | 5.9-43.7 | 12 | 52.0 | 27.9-75.2 |
Guilford | 31 | 13 | 42.9 | 22.8-65.6 | 2 | 5.3 | 1.2-21.0 | 3 | 9.4 | 2.3-31.0 | 13 | 42.4 | 23.3-64.1 |
Iredell | 28 | 8 | 25.6 | 10.9-49.2 | 4 | 29.8 | 8.3-66.5 | 3 | 10.1 | 2.3-34.7 | 13 | 34.5 | 16.3-58.7 |
Johnston | 37 | 9 | 21.4 | 10.1-39.8 | 3 | 7.3 | 2.1-22.8 | 5 | 17.3 | 5.5-42.7 | 20 | 54.0 | 33.7-73.1 |
Mecklenburg | 47 | 8 | 18.4 | 9.0-33.9 | 3 | 6.6 | 2.0-19.3 | 12 | 22.5 | 12.6-36.9 | 24 | 52.5 | 37.3-67.2 |
New Hanover | 28 | 4 | 11.3 | 3.8-28.9 | 2 | 4.6 | 1.0-18.0 | 8 | 33.0 | 16.4-55.4 | 14 | 51.1 | 30.7-71.2 |
Onslow | 25 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-14.5 | 3 | 14.3 | 4.1-39.2 | 7 | 19.3 | 8.5-38.0 | 14 | 64.2 | 41.6-81.9 |
Orange | 22 | 6 | 21.4 | 8.8-43.6 | 1 | 12.7 | 1.9-52.2 | 2 | 4.8 | 1.1-18.4 | 13 | 61.2 | 35.9-81.6 |
Pitt | 37 | 14 | 41.6 | 24.3-61.3 | 2 | 4.0 | 1.0-15.0 | 7 | 16.5 | 7.0-34.1 | 14 | 38.0 | 20.9-58.7 |
Randolph | 28 | 5 | 32.7 | 12.1-63.2 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.7-16.4 | 5 | 14.7 | 5.1-35.6 | 16 | 49.0 | 25.2-73.2 |
Robeson | 35 | 12 | 27.7 | 14.7-45.8 | 2 | 6.2 | 1.4-22.9 | 7 | 22.3 | 10.3-41.7 | 14 | 43.9 | 25.8-63.7 |
Rowan | 26 | 6 | 16.1 | 6.4-35.0 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-14.1 | 6 | 19.0 | 7.2-41.7 | 13 | 62.8 | 39.9-81.1 |
Union | 26 | 6 | 14.3 | 5.6-32.1 | 2 | 6.1 | 1.4-23.1 | 2 | 7.0 | 1.7-24.7 | 16 | 72.6 | 52.3-86.5 |
Wake | 42 | 12 | 21.5 | 11.7-36.3 | 3 | 8.7 | 1.9-32.4 | 10 | 27.7 | 14.3-46.6 | 17 | 42.1 | 26.5-59.5 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 29 | 8 | 28.9 | 12.9-52.8 | 3 | 9.5 | 2.7-28.3 | 3 | 7.9 | 2.1-25.2 | 15 | 53.7 | 30.6-75.4 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 42 | 11 | 21.0 | 11.0-36.4 | 6 | 27.0 | 11.7-50.9 | 11 | 20.6 | 10.9-35.7 | 14 | 31.3 | 17.7-49.2 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 38 | 8 | 21.0 | 9.6-40.0 | 3 | 7.9 | 2.2-25.1 | 12 | 30.1 | 14.7-51.7 | 15 | 41.0 | 22.5-62.5 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 29 | 5 | 13.9 | 5.2-32.1 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-13.5 | 6 | 18.1 | 6.4-41.7 | 16 | 64.6 | 42.4-81.9 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 39 | 9 | 17.6 | 8.4-33.1 | 3 | 5.0 | 1.4-15.8 | 11 | 22.1 | 11.1-39.2 | 16 | 55.4 | 35.9-73.4 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 41 | 10 | 33.2 | 16.5-55.5 | 3 | 6.6 | 2.0-19.9 | 5 | 8.9 | 3.4-21.3 | 23 | 51.4 | 33.1-69.3 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 36 | 11 | 52.7 | 28.2-75.9 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.7 | 4 | 9.2 | 3.0-24.8 | 20 | 37.3 | 18.1-61.6 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 31 | 12 | 34.9 | 19.4-54.4 | 1 | 3.6 | 0.5-21.7 | 7 | 20.1 | 9.4-38.1 | 11 | 41.3 | 23.5-61.7 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 33 | 12 | 27.5 | 12.7-49.8 | 6 | 28.6 | 10.5-57.8 | 6 | 12.3 | 4.6-28.9 | 9 | 31.6 | 15.4-54.1 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 28 | 8 | 31.2 | 14.8-54.2 | 2 | 12.6 | 2.8-42.1 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.8-18.7 | 15 | 50.1 | 29.7-70.4 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 23 | 5 | 16.3 | 6.1-36.7 | 2 | 14.6 | 2.9-49.8 | 6 | 28.4 | 12.3-52.8 | 10 | 40.7 | 20.9-64.2 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 40 | 12 | 23.1 | 12.1-39.7 | 4 | 7.0 | 2.5-18.3 | 6 | 12.2 | 4.6-28.4 | 18 | 57.7 | 39.1-74.5 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 48 | 14 | 26.9 | 12.9-47.8 | 7 | 14.4 | 5.0-35.0 | 12 | 26.6 | 14.1-44.4 | 15 | 32.2 | 18.4-49.9 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 88 | 22 | 24.8 | 15.4-37.3 | 9 | 15.8 | 7.4-30.6 | 24 | 24.2 | 15.1-36.5 | 33 | 35.2 | 23.9-48.4 |
No | 1,027 | 268 | 25.6 | 22.0-29.6 | 91 | 9.3 | 7.1-12.2 | 181 | 15.8 | 13.2-18.9 | 487 | 49.2 | 45.0-53.5 |
NC REGIONS** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 420 | 107 | 24.2 | 19.2-30.0 | 35 | 8.9 | 5.9-13.1 | 90 | 17.5 | 13.6-22.2 | 188 | 49.4 | 42.6-56.3 |
Piedmont | 570 | 151 | 27.3 | 22.3-32.9 | 53 | 10.1 | 7.0-14.4 | 88 | 14.7 | 11.3-18.9 | 278 | 47.9 | 42.3-53.6 |
Western NC | 125 | 32 | 22.1 | 14.0-33.1 | 12 | 10.3 | 4.9-20.4 | 27 | 20.4 | 13.2-30.2 | 54 | 47.1 | 36.1-58.4 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 82 | 22 | 23.8 | 13.4-38.7 | 9 | 11.4 | 4.6-25.5 | 18 | 23.3 | 13.8-36.5 | 33 | 41.5 | 29.2-55.0 |
Northwest | 182 | 48 | 23.2 | 16.4-31.7 | 21 | 16.7 | 9.8-27.0 | 27 | 11.6 | 7.4-17.7 | 86 | 48.5 | 38.8-58.4 |
Charlotte | 159 | 40 | 20.5 | 13.9-29.2 | 13 | 8.1 | 4.0-15.7 | 29 | 17.3 | 11.2-25.8 | 77 | 54.0 | 43.6-64.1 |
Greensboro | 134 | 35 | 32.7 | 21.5-46.4 | 10 | 6.6 | 3.2-13.3 | 17 | 8.8 | 4.4-16.6 | 72 | 51.9 | 39.7-63.9 |
Southern Regional | 129 | 41 | 29.6 | 20.2-41.1 | 12 | 8.2 | 4.3-15.3 | 25 | 15.0 | 9.2-23.7 | 51 | 47.2 | 34.5-60.2 |
Coastal | 70 | 13 | 22.8 | 11.5-40.2 | 5 | 6.1 | 2.3-15.2 | 13 | 16.5 | 9.1-27.9 | 39 | 54.6 | 40.3-68.2 |
Wake | 159 | 43 | 30.8 | 21.0-42.7 | 13 | 7.4 | 3.2-16.5 | 27 | 20.4 | 12.9-30.6 | 76 | 41.4 | 31.6-52.0 |
Area L | 47 | 10 | 17.4 | 8.7-31.9 | 5 | 12.4 | 4.0-32.4 | 11 | 20.0 | 9.1-38.4 | 21 | 50.2 | 32.8-67.5 |
Eastern | 153 | 38 | 23.0 | 15.7-32.6 | 12 | 9.5 | 4.8-17.8 | 38 | 18.4 | 12.5-26.3 | 65 | 49.1 | 37.7-60.6 |
*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.
**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.
***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.
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