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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Asthma

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,744 1,750 12.1 11.2-13.0 12,994 87.9 87.0-88.8
-Eastern NC 4,768 581 11.8 10.4-13.4 4,187 88.2 86.6-89.6
GENDER
Male 1,638 147 10.5 8.2-13.5 1,491 89.5 86.5-91.8
Female 3,130 434 13.0 11.6-14.6 2,696 87.0 85.4-88.4
RACE
White 3,215 362 11.1 9.3-13.1 2,853 88.9 86.9-90.7
African American 1,093 156 14.8 11.8-18.4 937 85.2 81.6-88.2
Other Minorities 439 62 9.9 7.1-13.6 377 90.1 86.4-92.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 215 30 9.8 6.1-15.6 185 90.2 84.4-93.9
Non-Hispanic 4,536 550 12.0 10.5-13.7 3,986 88.0 86.3-89.5
AGE
18-24 179 29 16.3 10.2-24.9 150 83.7 75.1-89.8
25-34 554 56 9.3 6.6-12.9 498 90.7 87.1-93.4
35-44 751 87 11.0 8.6-14.1 664 89.0 85.9-91.4
45-54 933 119 11.5 9.3-14.2 814 88.5 85.8-90.7
55-64 991 138 12.9 10.6-15.6 853 87.1 84.4-89.4
65-74 780 91 10.5 8.3-13.2 689 89.5 86.8-91.7
75+ 551 59 11.6 8.6-15.4 492 88.4 84.6-91.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 729 121 18.1 12.8-24.8 608 81.9 75.2-87.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,542 191 10.9 8.9-13.3 1,351 89.1 86.7-91.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,266 149 10.8 8.6-13.5 1,117 89.2 86.5-91.4
College Graduate 1,224 120 9.9 7.9-12.3 1,104 90.1 87.7-92.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 539 114 19.6 14.6-25.8 425 80.4 74.2-85.4
$15,000- 24,999 840 121 13.5 10.4-17.3 719 86.5 82.7-89.6
$25,000- 34,999 588 66 12.3 8.9-16.7 522 87.7 83.3-91.1
$35,000- 49,999 661 77 9.9 7.5-13.0 584 90.1 87.0-92.5
$50,000-74,999 655 58 7.9 5.7-10.8 597 92.1 89.2-94.3
$75,000+ 794 60 7.2 5.1-10.1 734 92.8 89.9-94.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,793 328 20.0 16.8-23.8 1,465 80.0 76.2-83.2
No 2,780 239 7.9 6.7- 9.3 2,541 92.1 90.7-93.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 784 63 8.7 6.3-12.0 721 91.3 88.0-93.7
Non-Veteran 3,983 518 12.4 10.8-14.2 3,465 87.6 85.8-89.2

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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.

** 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.

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