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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,114 | 321 | 29.0 | 25.4-32.9 | 223 | 20.3 | 17.1-23.8 | 214 | 22.1 | 18.8-25.9 | 108 | 7.4 | 5.9- 9.3 | 248 | 21.1 | 18.1-24.6 |
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Alamance | 28 | 11 | 39.1 | 21.3-60.5 | 6 | 17.9 | 7.3-37.7 | 4 | 18.6 | 7.0-41.0 | 2 | 4.5 | 1.0-17.5 | 5 | 19.8 | 7.8-42.0 |
Buncombe | 34 | 13 | 36.9 | 21.1-56.1 | 7 | 20.8 | 9.1-40.9 | 2 | 5.6 | 1.3-20.6 | 6 | 20.5 | 8.2-42.9 | 6 | 16.1 | 6.6-34.6 |
Cabarrus | 25 | 10 | 37.1 | 18.3-60.9 | 4 | 19.2 | 6.2-46.0 | 4 | 22.2 | 7.8-48.9 | 3 | 11.4 | 3.1-34.5 | 4 | 10.1 | 3.5-26.1 |
Catawba | 14 | 6 | 59.5 | 27.0-85.4 | 3 | 12.2 | 3.1-37.6 | 1 | 3.7 | 0.5-24.0 | 2 | 12.8 | 2.8-42.6 | 2 | 11.8 | 2.0-46.3 |
Cumberland | 43 | 11 | 14.9 | 7.2-28.6 | 7 | 11.6 | 4.6-26.1 | 9 | 43.5 | 21.2-68.7 | 6 | 13.6 | 5.3-30.8 | 10 | 16.4 | 7.2-33.2 |
Davidson | 29 | 7 | 25.8 | 10.4-51.1 | 6 | 25.5 | 11.0-48.5 | 7 | 20.4 | 8.6-40.9 | 4 | 12.9 | 4.3-32.9 | 5 | 15.4 | 5.5-36.4 |
Durham | 20 | 8 | 31.4 | 14.7-54.8 | 5 | 22.4 | 8.5-47.3 | 4 | 27.9 | 10.5-56.0 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.4-19.9 | 2 | 15.2 | 3.7-45.3 |
Forsyth | 25 | 6 | 15.6 | 6.2-34.1 | 6 | 27.7 | 11.3-53.7 | 3 | 20.4 | 6.1-50.2 | 2 | 4.9 | 1.1-18.4 | 8 | 31.4 | 13.7-57.0 |
Gaston | 31 | 7 | 15.1 | 6.1-32.8 | 3 | 10.5 | 2.5-35.2 | 7 | 36.1 | 14.4-65.6 | 7 | 16.6 | 5.8-39.1 | 7 | 21.8 | 9.0-43.9 |
Guilford | 32 | 6 | 19.3 | 7.3-41.8 | 8 | 41.8 | 21.8-64.9 | 6 | 16.7 | 6.4-37.0 | 3 | 3.1 | 0.8-10.8 | 9 | 19.2 | 8.8-36.9 |
Iredell | 26 | 7 | 22.0 | 8.9-44.9 | 6 | 22.5 | 8.4-47.6 | 7 | 39.3 | 15.0-70.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 16.2 | 6.3-35.7 |
Johnston | 36 | 8 | 17.0 | 7.8-33.1 | 12 | 38.7 | 20.1-61.3 | 8 | 16.7 | 7.6-32.8 | 2 | 5.3 | 1.1-21.6 | 6 | 22.2 | 8.6-46.5 |
Mecklenburg | 46 | 18 | 38.6 | 24.7-54.7 | 8 | 16.0 | 7.9-30.0 | 9 | 23.3 | 12.3-39.7 | 3 | 4.6 | 1.4-13.5 | 8 | 17.5 | 8.6-32.3 |
New Hanover | 28 | 6 | 13.3 | 5.6-28.4 | 4 | 9.2 | 3.0-25.2 | 8 | 38.7 | 19.9-61.6 | 2 | 4.6 | 1.0-18.0 | 8 | 34.2 | 17.3-56.3 |
Onslow | 26 | 9 | 32.4 | 14.9-56.6 | 4 | 25.4 | 8.7-54.9 | 4 | 6.9 | 2.3-18.7 | 3 | 12.8 | 3.8-35.4 | 6 | 22.5 | 9.2-45.4 |
Orange | 21 | 6 | 33.5 | 14.6-59.7 | 7 | 18.0 | 7.6-36.8 | 3 | 22.0 | 6.5-53.3 | 1 | 5.2 | 0.7-29.7 | 4 | 21.3 | 6.9-49.8 |
Pitt | 37 | 9 | 27.3 | 12.3-50.2 | 8 | 31.3 | 15.8-52.5 | 8 | 20.3 | 9.4-38.3 | 7 | 12.1 | 5.3-25.3 | 5 | 9.0 | 3.5-21.3 |
Randolph | 25 | 9 | 48.8 | 23.7-74.6 | 3 | 5.4 | 1.6-17.1 | 4 | 25.9 | 8.7-56.3 | 3 | 9.2 | 2.4-29.0 | 6 | 10.6 | 4.0-25.4 |
Robeson | 32 | 6 | 12.4 | 5.1-26.8 | 6 | 27.7 | 11.3-53.5 | 8 | 27.5 | 13.5-48.1 | 5 | 14.9 | 5.9-32.9 | 7 | 17.5 | 7.9-34.3 |
Rowan | 29 | 8 | 18.7 | 6.9-41.4 | 7 | 43.3 | 15.5-76.0 | 6 | 20.0 | 6.1-49.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 18.1 | 6.8-39.9 |
Union | 25 | 9 | 28.4 | 13.8-49.5 | 6 | 32.7 | 14.3-58.5 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.4 | 2 | 9.6 | 1.8-38.3 | 7 | 27.7 | 12.8-50.0 |
Wake | 44 | 17 | 39.1 | 24.3-56.2 | 7 | 13.6 | 6.1-27.6 | 9 | 25.0 | 12.4-44.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.7-12.7 | 9 | 19.4 | 8.8-37.3 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 27 | 9 | 39.4 | 17.3-67.0 | 3 | 9.0 | 2.5-28.0 | 7 | 20.1 | 8.3-41.2 | 3 | 6.8 | 1.5-25.0 | 5 | 24.7 | 9.4-50.7 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 44 | 8 | 14.0 | 6.6-27.4 | 10 | 19.8 | 10.0-35.5 | 8 | 25.3 | 12.1-45.6 | 5 | 7.8 | 3.1-18.5 | 13 | 33.0 | 18.1-52.3 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 38 | 8 | 22.5 | 9.4-44.7 | 6 | 10.2 | 4.2-22.9 | 8 | 26.9 | 11.9-50.1 | 5 | 12.6 | 4.6-30.1 | 11 | 27.8 | 12.8-50.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 30 | 8 | 37.7 | 18.3-62.0 | 7 | 24.3 | 10.0-48.0 | 5 | 13.6 | 4.7-33.4 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-14.5 | 8 | 20.8 | 9.7-39.3 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 39 | 17 | 54.2 | 34.6-72.5 | 5 | 11.3 | 4.4-26.2 | 6 | 14.5 | 6.1-30.8 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.7 | 10 | 18.5 | 9.1-34.2 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 41 | 15 | 33.0 | 19.2-50.6 | 10 | 29.0 | 13.8-51.2 | 7 | 17.8 | 7.2-37.7 | 2 | 5.1 | 1.2-18.5 | 7 | 15.1 | 6.7-30.3 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 35 | 13 | 42.6 | 19.1-70.0 | 8 | 24.3 | 9.2-50.4 | 4 | 4.6 | 1.5-13.3 | 2 | 5.2 | 1.2-20.1 | 8 | 23.3 | 8.3-50.6 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 32 | 9 | 37.8 | 20.7-58.7 | 5 | 12.2 | 4.7-28.1 | 6 | 16.6 | 6.7-35.5 | 5 | 14.1 | 5.6-31.3 | 7 | 19.2 | 8.8-36.9 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 34 | 6 | 12.4 | 4.2-31.3 | 7 | 13.4 | 5.4-29.6 | 8 | 34.1 | 16.5-57.6 | 3 | 4.4 | 1.2-15.2 | 10 | 35.7 | 16.2-61.3 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 27 | 11 | 38.0 | 20.3-59.7 | 4 | 20.0 | 6.9-45.8 | 3 | 15.6 | 4.2-43.6 | 3 | 10.7 | 3.2-30.5 | 6 | 15.7 | 6.2-34.3 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 25 | 4 | 15.4 | 5.3-37.2 | 7 | 24.9 | 10.9-47.3 | 6 | 32.9 | 14.2-59.2 | 3 | 12.0 | 3.6-33.4 | 5 | 14.8 | 5.5-34.2 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 38 | 10 | 21.7 | 10.8-38.8 | 6 | 19.1 | 7.0-42.6 | 7 | 13.3 | 5.8-27.7 | 4 | 10.9 | 3.7-27.7 | 11 | 35.1 | 17.8-57.5 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 48 | 6 | 14.0 | 6.0-29.2 | 12 | 22.8 | 10.0-44.2 | 17 | 41.4 | 25.2-59.6 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.6- 9.6 | 9 | 19.3 | 9.5-35.3 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 89 | 19 | 20.8 | 12.4-32.7 | 17 | 14.1 | 8.3-23.1 | 18 | 25.7 | 15.5-39.5 | 10 | 8.8 | 4.4-16.9 | 25 | 30.6 | 19.5-44.6 |
No | 1,025 | 302 | 29.6 | 25.8-33.7 | 206 | 20.7 | 17.4-24.5 | 196 | 21.9 | 18.4-25.8 | 98 | 7.3 | 5.7- 9.3 | 223 | 20.4 | 17.3-24.0 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 419 | 113 | 29.2 | 22.9-36.2 | 83 | 18.6 | 14.3-23.9 | 86 | 23.4 | 17.6-30.3 | 41 | 7.1 | 4.9-10.2 | 96 | 21.7 | 17.1-27.2 |
Piedmont | 568 | 179 | 30.9 | 26.0-36.4 | 111 | 20.4 | 16.1-25.5 | 99 | 20.2 | 16.0-25.3 | 50 | 6.5 | 4.7- 8.9 | 129 | 22.0 | 17.5-27.3 |
Western NC | 127 | 29 | 21.7 | 14.5-31.1 | 29 | 23.4 | 14.2-36.0 | 29 | 26.5 | 17.8-37.5 | 17 | 11.7 | 6.4-20.3 | 23 | 16.8 | 10.6-25.6 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 82 | 19 | 21.7 | 13.3-33.3 | 19 | 22.2 | 12.0-37.3 | 19 | 29.3 | 18.2-43.7 | 10 | 8.6 | 3.8-18.5 | 15 | 18.2 | 10.4-29.9 |
Northwest | 186 | 50 | 24.1 | 17.2-32.7 | 42 | 27.0 | 18.4-37.9 | 36 | 20.7 | 13.6-30.1 | 16 | 9.7 | 5.4-16.6 | 42 | 18.5 | 12.5-26.5 |
Charlotte | 158 | 51 | 27.8 | 20.0-37.2 | 26 | 15.1 | 9.6-23.0 | 26 | 19.9 | 12.7-29.9 | 16 | 7.0 | 3.8-12.4 | 39 | 30.1 | 20.3-42.2 |
Greensboro | 132 | 44 | 34.9 | 24.4-47.3 | 28 | 24.2 | 14.4-37.7 | 21 | 16.8 | 10.0-26.9 | 11 | 5.0 | 2.5- 9.6 | 28 | 19.1 | 11.2-30.6 |
Southern Regional | 126 | 31 | 21.5 | 13.9-31.8 | 20 | 12.9 | 7.6-21.2 | 31 | 39.3 | 26.3-54.0 | 16 | 9.9 | 5.4-17.6 | 28 | 16.3 | 10.3-25.0 |
Coastal | 70 | 23 | 30.0 | 19.5-43.2 | 14 | 23.3 | 11.9-40.7 | 13 | 18.6 | 10.3-31.1 | 4 | 5.0 | 1.7-13.9 | 16 | 23.1 | 13.9-35.8 |
Wake | 158 | 48 | 33.6 | 23.7-45.2 | 36 | 20.2 | 13.2-29.6 | 30 | 21.2 | 13.4-31.7 | 14 | 7.0 | 3.9-12.4 | 30 | 18.0 | 11.4-27.3 |
Area L | 49 | 10 | 28.4 | 14.3-48.4 | 9 | 16.7 | 7.6-33.0 | 11 | 22.7 | 11.1-40.7 | 4 | 4.5 | 1.6-12.1 | 15 | 27.7 | 15.3-44.7 |
Eastern | 153 | 45 | 37.1 | 25.6-50.3 | 29 | 18.3 | 12.0-26.8 | 27 | 14.6 | 9.3-22.2 | 17 | 6.9 | 3.8-12.1 | 35 | 23.1 | 15.3-33.4 |
*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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