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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,135 | 195 | 17.9 | 15.0-21.2 | 31 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.5 | 496 | 40.3 | 36.4-44.2 | 413 | 39.0 | 35.0-43.1 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 28 | 9 | 33.8 | 17.1-55.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 14 | 49.9 | 30.1-69.8 | 5 | 16.3 | 6.3-36.0 |
Buncombe | 35 | 4 | 8.1 | 2.8-21.6 | 2 | 6.9 | 1.7-24.5 | 16 | 49.5 | 31.5-67.7 | 13 | 35.4 | 20.3-54.1 |
Cabarrus | 25 | 3 | 7.5 | 2.3-22.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.5 | 11 | 45.8 | 24.8-68.4 | 10 | 44.7 | 23.7-67.8 |
Catawba | 14 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.6-27.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 36.6 | 12.9-69.2 | 6 | 59.0 | 26.4-85.2 |
Cumberland | 43 | 6 | 12.8 | 4.9-29.5 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-14.3 | 18 | 35.3 | 18.6-56.5 | 18 | 49.8 | 27.5-72.1 |
Davidson | 26 | 6 | 20.5 | 8.5-41.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 10 | 29.9 | 14.3-52.1 | 10 | 49.6 | 28.2-71.2 |
Durham | 22 | 4 | 24.4 | 8.8-52.1 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.4-19.3 | 6 | 28.9 | 12.4-53.8 | 11 | 43.6 | 23.3-66.3 |
Forsyth | 26 | 4 | 34.1 | 14.4-61.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 12 | 33.8 | 16.9-56.3 | 10 | 32.1 | 15.6-54.8 |
Gaston | 31 | 8 | 18.7 | 7.3-40.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 15 | 47.4 | 24.8-71.2 | 8 | 33.8 | 12.8-64.1 |
Guilford | 31 | 8 | 26.2 | 12.1-47.8 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.6 | 11 | 42.9 | 22.4-66.1 | 11 | 29.8 | 15.0-50.3 |
Iredell | 27 | 8 | 41.0 | 16.6-70.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.8 | 8 | 21.3 | 8.8-43.1 | 10 | 37.0 | 16.8-63.1 |
Johnston | 37 | 6 | 12.4 | 5.1-27.4 | 1 | 3.9 | 0.5-23.0 | 16 | 53.6 | 33.8-72.4 | 14 | 30.1 | 16.4-48.5 |
Mecklenburg | 48 | 7 | 15.8 | 7.5-30.3 | 3 | 7.6 | 2.2-23.0 | 23 | 49.9 | 35.0-64.8 | 15 | 26.7 | 16.0-41.1 |
New Hanover | 28 | 2 | 8.0 | 2.0-27.2 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-12.0 | 14 | 46.5 | 27.0-67.2 | 11 | 43.7 | 24.3-65.3 |
Onslow | 26 | 4 | 9.6 | 3.2-25.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 13 | 35.8 | 18.5-57.7 | 9 | 54.6 | 32.5-75.1 |
Orange | 22 | 4 | 13.2 | 4.4-33.3 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.5-20.9 | 10 | 47.7 | 24.9-71.5 | 7 | 35.7 | 16.3-61.3 |
Pitt | 37 | 12 | 34.5 | 18.7-54.7 | 3 | 6.0 | 1.6-19.8 | 12 | 32.2 | 17.6-51.3 | 10 | 27.3 | 12.4-49.8 |
Randolph | 28 | 3 | 9.3 | 2.3-30.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 16 | 47.1 | 23.6-71.9 | 9 | 43.7 | 21.3-68.9 |
Robeson | 35 | 10 | 28.3 | 14.8-47.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 11 | 27.6 | 14.2-46.7 | 14 | 44.2 | 25.9-64.1 |
Rowan | 28 | 2 | 8.3 | 1.8-31.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 14 | 26.1 | 10.9-50.4 | 12 | 65.7 | 38.4-85.4 |
Union | 26 | 4 | 24.2 | 9.2-50.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 12 | 32.0 | 16.7-52.5 | 10 | 43.8 | 23.7-66.2 |
Wake | 44 | 7 | 12.7 | 5.6-26.1 | 1 | 6.1 | 0.9-32.2 | 20 | 45.9 | 29.8-62.9 | 16 | 35.3 | 21.4-52.3 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 29 | 5 | 12.6 | 4.7-30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 9 | 35.3 | 16.9-59.5 | 15 | 52.1 | 29.0-74.3 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 44 | 6 | 25.5 | 10.9-49.0 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.4 | 17 | 34.3 | 20.6-51.2 | 20 | 37.7 | 23.1-54.9 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 37 | 6 | 17.5 | 7.1-37.0 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.6-23.5 | 21 | 52.6 | 32.4-71.9 | 9 | 26.0 | 11.5-48.7 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 30 | 5 | 18.1 | 6.1-42.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 14 | 38.7 | 20.9-60.2 | 11 | 43.2 | 23.2-65.7 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 37 | 6 | 14.6 | 6.0-31.5 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.7-11.0 | 11 | 23.0 | 11.6-40.5 | 18 | 59.6 | 39.7-76.7 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 41 | 8 | 25.2 | 10.8-48.4 | 1 | 2.8 | 0.4-17.8 | 17 | 34.4 | 20.3-51.9 | 15 | 37.6 | 21.9-56.4 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 37 | 5 | 21.2 | 6.4-51.4 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.6 | 14 | 28.2 | 13.0-50.8 | 17 | 48.5 | 24.6-73.1 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 36 | 5 | 13.6 | 5.5-30.1 | 2 | 7.4 | 1.7-26.4 | 20 | 49.6 | 32.2-67.1 | 9 | 29.4 | 15.5-48.6 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 35 | 4 | 19.3 | 6.8-43.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 20 | 48.4 | 27.3-70.0 | 11 | 32.3 | 16.2-54.1 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 28 | 5 | 22.0 | 8.4-46.5 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.9 | 13 | 46.6 | 26.8-67.4 | 9 | 29.3 | 14.1-51.0 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 25 | 3 | 8.4 | 2.4-25.8 | 2 | 9.3 | 2.2-31.9 | 10 | 49.0 | 27.6-70.8 | 10 | 33.3 | 16.4-56.1 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 39 | 6 | 9.0 | 3.8-20.0 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-11.7 | 16 | 41.7 | 24.1-61.7 | 16 | 47.5 | 28.7-67.1 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 50 | 9 | 20.8 | 8.4-42.9 | 2 | 5.5 | 1.3-19.9 | 25 | 48.0 | 31.2-65.3 | 14 | 25.8 | 13.7-43.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 89 | 12 | 19.1 | 10.0-33.6 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.7-10.5 | 41 | 43.6 | 31.4-56.6 | 34 | 34.5 | 23.8-47.2 |
No | 1,046 | 183 | 17.8 | 14.8-21.2 | 29 | 2.9 | 1.8- 4.6 | 455 | 40.0 | 36.0-44.2 | 379 | 39.3 | 35.1-43.6 |
NC REGIONS** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 422 | 78 | 19.0 | 14.4-24.5 | 10 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.8 | 173 | 35.0 | 29.3-41.2 | 161 | 44.0 | 37.1-51.2 |
Piedmont | 583 | 98 | 18.1 | 14.2-22.8 | 14 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.6 | 265 | 41.9 | 36.5-47.5 | 206 | 37.2 | 31.9-42.9 |
Western NC | 130 | 19 | 14.6 | 7.7-25.9 | 7 | 5.5 | 2.5-12.0 | 58 | 45.6 | 35.0-56.5 | 46 | 34.3 | 24.5-45.5 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 85 | 13 | 16.5 | 7.5-32.4 | 4 | 5.9 | 2.1-15.5 | 41 | 48.5 | 35.5-61.7 | 27 | 29.0 | 18.9-41.8 |
Northwest | 185 | 31 | 20.9 | 13.5-30.8 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.3 | 75 | 34.1 | 25.9-43.4 | 75 | 43.6 | 34.0-53.7 |
Charlotte | 162 | 25 | 12.7 | 8.1-19.4 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.4 | 78 | 48.2 | 37.9-58.7 | 54 | 35.5 | 25.9-46.4 |
Greensboro | 139 | 28 | 22.3 | 13.6-34.3 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.3 | 67 | 43.4 | 31.9-55.6 | 42 | 33.5 | 23.6-45.2 |
Southern Regional | 129 | 25 | 18.9 | 11.7-28.9 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.5 | 52 | 32.3 | 22.7-43.5 | 50 | 47.2 | 34.4-60.3 |
Coastal | 70 | 10 | 20.2 | 9.4-38.3 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.5-11.7 | 31 | 39.7 | 27.5-53.4 | 27 | 37.5 | 25.4-51.3 |
Wake | 163 | 25 | 15.4 | 9.5-24.0 | 7 | 5.8 | 2.1-14.6 | 69 | 42.8 | 32.7-53.5 | 62 | 36.1 | 26.2-47.2 |
Area L | 48 | 10 | 24.0 | 11.5-43.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 21 | 34.9 | 21.2-51.6 | 17 | 41.1 | 24.9-59.4 |
Eastern | 154 | 28 | 16.4 | 10.3-25.1 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.6 | 62 | 34.4 | 25.2-45.0 | 59 | 47.0 | 35.6-58.8 |
*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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