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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 14,708 1,202 7.8 7.2- 8.6 13,506 92.2 91.4-92.8
-Western NC 2,884 269 9.1 7.7-10.7 2,615 90.9 89.3-92.3
GENDER
Male 1,073 86 7.7 5.8-10.1 987 92.3 89.9-94.2
Female 1,811 183 10.5 8.6-12.7 1,628 89.5 87.3-91.4
RACE
White 2,662 252 9.4 7.9-11.1 2,410 90.6 88.9-92.1
African American 94 8 7.7 3.5-15.9 86 92.3 84.1-96.5
Other Minorities 118 7 4.9 1.6-13.7 111 95.1 86.3-98.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 68 99.5 96.4-99.9
Non-Hispanic 2,808 268 9.5 8.1-11.2 2,540 90.5 88.8-91.9
AGE
18-24 78 3 2.3 0.7- 7.2 75 97.7 92.8-99.3
25-34 236 21 11.7 7.1-18.6 215 88.3 81.4-92.9
35-44 379 34 8.1 5.6-11.6 345 91.9 88.4-94.4
45-54 523 52 9.4 6.9-12.7 471 90.6 87.3-93.1
55-64 643 68 9.5 7.2-12.3 575 90.5 87.7-92.8
65-74 574 62 11.4 8.6-15.0 512 88.6 85.0-91.4
75+ 439 28 7.4 5.0-10.9 411 92.6 89.1-95.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 455 63 12.3 9.1-16.3 392 87.7 83.7-90.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 910 96 10.0 7.5-13.2 814 90.0 86.8-92.5
Some Post-H.S. 746 74 9.7 6.9-13.4 672 90.3 86.6-93.1
College Graduate 767 36 5.7 3.7- 8.7 731 94.3 91.3-96.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 349 65 16.9 12.8-22.0 284 83.1 78.0-87.2
$15,000- 24,999 557 60 12.9 8.9-18.2 497 87.1 81.8-91.1
$25,000- 34,999 313 29 10.4 6.3-16.6 284 89.6 83.4-93.7
$35,000- 49,999 452 37 7.8 5.0-11.8 415 92.2 88.2-95.0
$50,000-74,999 392 22 5.5 3.4- 8.7 370 94.5 91.3-96.6
$75,000+ 431 24 5.6 3.4- 8.9 407 94.4 91.1-96.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,116 171 15.8 12.9-19.1 945 84.2 80.9-87.1
No 1,643 85 5.8 4.3- 7.7 1,558 94.2 92.3-95.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 441 27 6.1 4.0- 9.3 414 93.9 90.7-96.0
Non-Veteran 2,443 242 9.6 8.1-11.4 2,201 90.4 88.6-91.9

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*Adults without asthma are included in the denominator to estimate current asthma prevalence.

^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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