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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 7,086 796 12.0 10.8-13.3 6,290 88.0 86.7-89.2
GENDER
Male 2,618 246 11.2 9.3-13.5 2,372 88.8 86.5-90.7
Female 4,468 550 12.8 11.4-14.4 3,918 87.2 85.6-88.6
RACE
White 5,660 623 12.2 10.8-13.8 5,037 87.8 86.2-89.2
African American 985 139 14.6 11.7-18.0 846 85.4 82.0-88.3
Other Minorities 416 31 5.9 3.8- 9.2 385 94.1 90.8-96.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 310 22 3.8 2.1- 6.7 288 96.2 93.3-97.9
Non-Hispanic 6,762 771 12.7 11.4-14.1 5,991 87.3 85.9-88.6
AGE
18-24 237 48 21.4 15.4-29.0 189 78.6 71.0-84.6
25-34 711 78 11.1 8.4-14.7 633 88.9 85.3-91.6
35-44 1,207 127 9.6 7.8-11.7 1,080 90.4 88.3-92.2
45-54 1,461 158 10.5 8.6-12.6 1,303 89.5 87.4-91.4
55-64 1,429 169 11.7 9.7-13.9 1,260 88.3 86.1-90.3
65-74 1,119 125 11.9 9.6-14.7 994 88.1 85.3-90.4
75+ 874 85 9.6 7.4-12.5 789 90.4 87.5-92.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 938 160 17.4 13.6-22.0 778 82.6 78.0-86.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,973 234 13.6 11.1-16.6 1,739 86.4 83.4-88.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,787 179 11.5 9.1-14.3 1,608 88.5 85.7-90.9
College Graduate 2,381 223 8.9 7.5-10.5 2,158 91.1 89.5-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 645 115 17.9 13.6-23.2 530 82.1 76.8-86.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,002 140 16.4 12.5-21.2 862 83.6 78.8-87.5
$25,000- 34,999 715 83 11.8 8.6-16.0 632 88.2 84.0-91.4
$35,000- 49,999 977 85 9.8 7.0-13.4 892 90.2 86.6-93.0
$50,000-74,999 1,040 109 11.4 8.7-14.7 931 88.6 85.3-91.3
$75,000+ 1,694 141 9.0 7.1-11.4 1,553 91.0 88.6-92.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,363 404 19.0 16.7-21.7 1,959 81.0 78.3-83.3
No 4,420 350 9.2 7.8-10.8 4,070 90.8 89.2-92.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 945 81 8.9 6.8-11.6 864 91.1 88.4-93.2
Non-Veteran 6,138 715 12.4 11.1-13.9 5,423 87.6 86.1-88.9

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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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