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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Asthma-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,799 1,939 11.7 10.9-12.5 13,860 88.3 87.5-89.1
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 2,390 330 13.7 11.6-16.1 2,060 86.3 83.9-88.4
GENDER
Males 728 94 14.5 11.0-19.0 634 85.5 81.0-89.0
Females 1,662 236 12.9 10.7-15.6 1,426 87.1 84.4-89.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 25 4 5.6 1.8-16.6 21 94.4 83.4-98.2
Non-Hispanic 2,353 322 13.7 11.6-16.1 2,031 86.3 83.9-88.4
AGE
18-24 82 11 17.0 8.1-32.1 71 83.0 67.9-91.9
25-34 272 42 15.4 10.9-21.3 230 84.6 78.7-89.1
35-44 414 44 10.7 7.0-16.1 370 89.3 83.9-93.0
45-54 537 81 17.0 12.6-22.7 456 83.0 77.3-87.4
55-64 464 60 10.4 7.5-14.1 404 89.6 85.9-92.5
65-74 354 64 16.7 12.4-22.0 290 83.3 78.0-87.6
75+ 240 25 6.4 4.1- 9.9 215 93.6 90.1-95.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 443 87 17.4 12.8-23.1 356 82.6 76.9-87.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 838 107 13.7 9.8-18.8 731 86.3 81.2-90.2
Some Post-H.S. 586 76 14.0 10.4-18.4 510 86.0 81.6-89.6
College Graduate 516 59 11.0 7.7-15.4 457 89.0 84.6-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 434 85 15.6 11.7-20.6 349 84.4 79.4-88.3
$15,000- 24,999 510 79 14.8 10.3-20.8 431 85.2 79.2-89.7
$25,000- 34,999 305 29 9.1 5.7-14.3 276 90.9 85.7-94.3
$35,000- 49,999 324 36 11.3 7.6-16.4 288 88.7 83.6-92.4
$50,000-74,999 253 32 14.5 9.5-21.5 221 85.5 78.5-90.5
$75,000+ 242 22 9.9 5.7-16.7 220 90.1 83.3-94.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 947 191 18.8 15.3-22.8 756 81.2 77.2-84.7
No 1,333 129 11.3 8.7-14.7 1,204 88.7 85.3-91.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 296 32 10.1 6.5-15.3 264 89.9 84.7-93.5
Non-Veteran 2,094 298 14.3 12.0-17.0 1,796 85.7 83.0-88.0

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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