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Once | Twice | Three or more times | None | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,153 | 114 | 10.2 | 8.0-12.9 | 58 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.5 | 70 | 6.9 | 5.2- 9.2 | 911 | 77.5 | 73.9-80.7 |
-Piedmont NC | 593 | 60 | 10.9 | 7.7-15.2 | 24 | 5.1 | 2.9- 8.7 | 36 | 7.7 | 5.1-11.5 | 473 | 76.3 | 70.9-80.9 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 138 | 11 | 10.1 | 4.5-21.1 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.4 | 9 | 7.9 | 3.5-17.1 | 115 | 81.3 | 69.9-89.0 |
Female | 455 | 49 | 11.3 | 7.8-16.0 | 21 | 7.1 | 4.0-12.1 | 27 | 7.6 | 4.8-11.9 | 358 | 74.0 | 67.8-79.4 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 466 | 42 | 10.2 | 6.5-15.6 | 15 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.4 | 21 | 5.9 | 3.3-10.3 | 388 | 80.7 | 74.6-85.7 |
African American | 105 | 13 | 11.3 | 6.1-20.0 | 9 | 13.4 | 6.0-27.2 | 14 | 14.8 | 8.2-25.4 | 69 | 60.5 | 48.1-71.6 |
Other Minorities | 21 | 5 | 23.8 | 9.7-47.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 8.1 | 1.2-40.0 | 15 | 68.1 | 43.4-85.5 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 18 | 3 | 13.0 | 3.6-37.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 7.1 | 1.0-37.2 | 14 | 79.9 | 53.6-93.2 |
Non-Hispanic | 574 | 57 | 10.8 | 7.6-15.3 | 24 | 5.3 | 3.1- 9.1 | 35 | 7.8 | 5.1-11.6 | 458 | 76.1 | 70.6-80.9 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 28 | 3 | 14.8 | 4.7-37.9 | 4 | 10.7 | 3.3-29.4 | 3 | 7.5 | 2.2-22.8 | 18 | 67.0 | 45.8-82.9 |
25-34 | 61 | 8 | 10.6 | 4.9-21.2 | 2 | 5.0 | 0.8-24.5 | 4 | 5.5 | 1.9-15.3 | 47 | 79.0 | 64.6-88.5 |
35-44 | 92 | 10 | 13.4 | 6.9-24.6 | 4 | 4.6 | 1.6-12.2 | 3 | 7.8 | 2.2-24.2 | 75 | 74.2 | 60.6-84.3 |
45-54 | 117 | 13 | 9.7 | 5.3-17.1 | 4 | 4.5 | 1.5-12.4 | 12 | 11.3 | 6.2-19.8 | 88 | 74.6 | 64.4-82.6 |
55-64 | 133 | 14 | 8.2 | 4.5-14.5 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.6 | 8 | 8.2 | 3.1-19.9 | 107 | 81.4 | 71.0-88.6 |
65-74 | 96 | 7 | 7.6 | 3.0-17.6 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.6 | 4 | 6.3 | 2.2-16.8 | 82 | 84.3 | 73.1-91.4 |
75+ | 64 | 5 | 8.7 | 2.9-23.3 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.6 | 2 | 4.0 | 1.0-14.9 | 55 | 85.3 | 71.3-93.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 133 | 13 | 6.8 | 3.6-12.6 | 7 | 6.5 | 2.3-16.8 | 16 | 15.0 | 7.8-26.8 | 97 | 71.7 | 59.3-81.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 169 | 22 | 18.6 | 10.6-30.6 | 8 | 4.6 | 1.6-12.4 | 10 | 10.6 | 5.3-20.4 | 129 | 66.2 | 54.5-76.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 148 | 17 | 11.4 | 5.7-21.3 | 7 | 8.4 | 3.3-19.5 | 8 | 4.7 | 2.1-10.3 | 116 | 75.5 | 64.1-84.2 |
College Graduate | 141 | 8 | 6.8 | 3.0-14.7 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.7 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.4 | 130 | 91.3 | 83.4-95.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 112 | 19 | 19.3 | 10.2-33.4 | 7 | 11.2 | 4.1-26.8 | 11 | 11.4 | 5.2-22.9 | 75 | 58.2 | 43.7-71.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 120 | 11 | 7.9 | 4.0-15.2 | 9 | 4.4 | 2.0- 9.0 | 12 | 19.5 | 10.3-33.9 | 88 | 68.2 | 55.3-78.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 55 | 4 | 10.5 | 3.6-26.7 | 1 | 9.3 | 1.4-42.7 | 3 | 6.8 | 2.1-20.0 | 47 | 73.5 | 52.2-87.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 68 | 8 | 18.9 | 6.8-42.8 | 6 | 13.2 | 5.7-28.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 54 | 67.9 | 48.4-82.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 58 | 4 | 5.4 | 2.0-14.2 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.5 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.5-19.9 | 52 | 89.4 | 76.7-95.6 |
$75,000+ | 79 | 3 | 4.0 | 1.2-12.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 76 | 96.0 | 87.2-98.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 345 | 37 | 9.5 | 6.5-13.7 | 16 | 6.3 | 3.3-11.6 | 32 | 11.7 | 7.6-17.7 | 260 | 72.4 | 65.4-78.5 |
No | 233 | 20 | 10.1 | 5.3-18.1 | 7 | 3.8 | 1.3-10.8 | 4 | 3.3 | 1.1- 9.5 | 202 | 82.9 | 73.9-89.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 48 | 3 | 7.8 | 2.2-23.7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.9 | 3 | 5.8 | 1.3-22.1 | 41 | 85.4 | 68.9-94.0 |
Non-Veteran | 545 | 57 | 11.1 | 7.8-15.7 | 23 | 5.4 | 3.1- 9.2 | 33 | 7.9 | 5.1-11.8 | 432 | 75.6 | 70.0-80.5 |
*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, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, 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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