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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,890 373 12.9 11.3-14.7 2,517 87.1 85.3-88.7
GENDER
Male 1,073 124 11.8 9.4-14.6 949 88.2 85.4-90.6
Female 1,817 249 13.9 11.8-16.3 1,568 86.1 83.7-88.2
RACE
White 2,668 345 13.1 11.4-15.0 2,323 86.9 85.0-88.6
African American 94 15 19.8 10.7-33.6 79 80.2 66.4-89.3
Other Minorities 118 11 5.3 1.9-13.8 107 94.7 86.2-98.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 3 1.2 0.3- 4.1 66 98.8 95.9-99.7
Non-Hispanic 2,814 370 13.4 11.7-15.3 2,444 86.6 84.7-88.3
AGE
18-24 78 8 8.0 3.7-16.6 70 92.0 83.4-96.3
25-34 237 35 17.3 11.9-24.4 202 82.7 75.6-88.1
35-44 379 49 12.1 8.9-16.1 330 87.9 83.9-91.1
45-54 525 74 12.4 9.5-16.0 451 87.6 84.0-90.5
55-64 644 88 12.5 9.9-15.8 556 87.5 84.2-90.1
65-74 574 75 13.4 10.4-17.0 499 86.6 83.0-89.6
75+ 441 43 10.3 7.5-14.0 398 89.7 86.0-92.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 456 83 17.8 13.6-22.9 373 82.2 77.1-86.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 912 128 13.7 10.8-17.2 784 86.3 82.8-89.2
Some Post-H.S. 749 104 13.6 10.4-17.6 645 86.4 82.4-89.6
College Graduate 767 58 8.3 6.0-11.5 709 91.7 88.5-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 351 80 20.9 16.2-26.6 271 79.1 73.4-83.8
$15,000- 24,999 557 79 17.1 12.6-22.8 478 82.9 77.2-87.4
$25,000- 34,999 313 35 12.7 8.2-19.3 278 87.3 80.7-91.8
$35,000- 49,999 452 56 12.1 8.6-16.7 396 87.9 83.3-91.4
$50,000-74,999 395 33 7.7 5.1-11.3 362 92.3 88.7-94.9
$75,000+ 432 39 8.4 5.8-12.0 393 91.6 88.0-94.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,120 215 19.1 16.1-22.5 905 80.9 77.5-83.9
No 1,645 140 9.6 7.7-11.9 1,505 90.4 88.1-92.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 441 41 9.7 6.7-13.9 400 90.3 86.1-93.3
Non-Veteran 2,449 332 13.4 11.6-15.4 2,117 86.6 84.6-88.4

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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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