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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Adult Asthma History

During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^
None Less than once a week Once or twice a week > Twice a week not every day Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,090 322 29.7 25.4-34.4 204 19.8 16.5-23.6 213 20.4 16.6-24.7 120 10.9 7.8-15.1 231 19.2 15.3-23.7
GENDER
Male 277 83 32.8 24.2-42.7 52 16.1 10.9-23.0 59 20.7 13.9-29.6 22 10.1 4.5-21.2 61 20.3 12.9-30.5
Female 813 239 27.6 23.8-31.8 152 22.3 18.5-26.8 154 20.2 16.3-24.7 98 11.4 8.9-14.6 170 18.4 15.0-22.5
RACE
White 848 239 24.4 20.5-28.8 160 20.9 17.0-25.6 166 23.0 18.3-28.5 94 12.0 8.1-17.6 189 19.7 15.3-25.0
African American 184 68 48.4 36.8-60.1 33 15.1 9.7-22.8 37 13.1 8.4-19.8 18 8.1 4.2-14.8 28 15.3 8.0-27.4
Asian 4 2 67.8 19.3-94.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 12.8 1.3-61.5 1 19.4 2.1-73.1 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 28 8 26.8 10.4-53.4 3 12.0 2.9-38.3 5 16.7 5.8-39.7 3 10.2 2.6-33.1 9 34.2 16.1-58.5
Other Minorities 26 5 15.6 5.9-35.3 8 34.7 16.0-59.7 4 16.5 4.4-45.5 4 4.7 1.2-16.7 5 28.6 9.6-60.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 8 29.8 13.6-53.4 7 26.0 11.3-49.4 4 13.5 4.1-36.0 5 10.0 3.6-24.9 4 20.7 4.8-57.3
-English Speaking 25 7 29.5 12.4-55.3 5 19.4 6.7-44.6 4 15.6 4.7-40.7 5 11.6 4.1-28.7 4 23.9 5.7-62.1
-Spanish Speaking 3 1 32.0 4.1-83.8 2 68.0 16.2-95.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,060 313 29.8 25.4-34.6 196 19.4 16.1-23.2 209 20.7 16.8-25.1 115 11.0 7.8-15.3 227 19.2 15.3-23.8
AGE
18-24 48 17 35.5 20.3-54.3 10 12.4 5.7-25.1 9 19.9 8.5-39.9 7 15.1 4.8-38.9 5 17.0 5.4-42.3
25-34 97 31 31.6 20.2-45.8 29 28.4 18.5-40.9 20 20.6 11.8-33.4 9 9.7 3.8-22.8 8 9.7 4.0-21.7
35-44 166 52 29.5 21.9-38.3 43 24.5 17.6-33.1 31 21.5 14.7-30.5 20 10.5 6.5-16.8 20 13.9 8.0-23.1
45-54 222 65 27.1 20.4-35.0 32 17.4 11.0-26.4 47 21.1 14.9-29.0 28 10.8 7.0-16.1 50 23.7 16.7-32.3
55-64 253 67 24.5 18.4-31.9 37 19.2 13.2-27.1 50 18.7 13.2-25.7 30 11.1 7.4-16.4 69 26.5 20.2-34.0
65-74 188 55 28.7 21.4-37.3 33 17.1 11.0-25.4 33 19.5 12.7-28.9 20 11.6 7.0-18.5 47 23.1 16.8-30.8
75+ 115 35 29.5 20.5-40.5 20 16.7 9.9-27.0 23 21.4 13.5-32.1 5 2.8 1.0- 7.2 32 29.6 19.5-42.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 236 60 28.8 18.8-41.3 33 14.7 8.9-23.5 52 19.2 12.4-28.6 30 14.3 8.3-23.5 61 22.9 13.1-37.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 362 97 26.5 19.5-34.9 65 17.8 12.7-24.3 77 24.2 16.7-33.7 34 11.5 5.4-22.8 89 20.1 14.0-28.0
Some Post-H.S. 259 82 31.8 23.9-41.0 53 22.8 16.0-31.4 43 16.2 11.0-23.1 35 10.2 6.2-16.5 46 19.0 12.4-28.0
College Graduate 233 83 33.9 26.6-42.0 53 25.5 18.7-33.7 41 19.7 13.8-27.4 21 7.0 4.2-11.4 35 13.9 9.5-19.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 221 48 25.4 14.9-39.7 28 10.9 7.0-16.8 51 26.1 16.4-38.8 30 15.3 9.6-23.5 64 22.3 15.6-30.9
$15,000- 24,999 220 66 25.7 18.3-34.9 43 23.7 15.8-34.1 45 25.1 15.2-38.5 20 7.0 4.0-11.7 46 18.5 12.1-27.2
$25,000- 34,999 107 24 20.5 12.2-32.4 20 16.2 9.8-25.7 25 26.3 16.4-39.3 13 10.9 5.8-19.5 25 26.1 15.9-39.7
$35,000- 49,999 135 41 32.1 20.4-46.6 25 23.7 14.8-35.7 22 15.0 8.9-24.1 17 9.1 5.1-15.5 30 20.1 12.7-30.4
$50,000-74,999 117 40 40.9 28.6-54.5 27 22.7 14.2-34.1 19 14.5 8.3-24.1 15 9.5 4.3-19.9 16 12.4 7.0-20.9
$75,000+ 147 56 29.5 20.6-40.1 33 22.3 14.3-33.1 24 18.2 11.4-28.0 11 16.2 5.4-39.4 23 13.8 7.6-23.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 659 159 23.3 18.3-29.2 111 18.4 14.2-23.4 131 21.0 15.8-27.3 75 10.9 7.7-15.1 183 26.5 20.8-33.1
No 415 158 37.8 30.7-45.5 90 21.8 16.6-28.0 80 20.2 15.0-26.5 42 10.6 5.5-19.6 45 9.6 5.7-15.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 108 35 34.8 24.4-47.0 26 25.6 16.3-37.8 12 11.8 6.0-21.8 10 7.0 3.4-13.7 25 20.8 12.7-32.0
Non-Veteran 982 287 29.2 24.6-34.2 178 19.2 15.8-23.2 201 21.3 17.2-26.0 110 11.3 7.9-15.9 206 19.0 14.9-24.0

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*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.

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