BRFSS 2008 - North Carolina: (During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?*)

2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Adult Asthma History

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	Total Respond.^	None	Less than once a week	Once or twice a week	> Twice a week not every day	Everyday
TOTAL	1,237	339	31.4	27.1-36.0	263	21.5	18.1-25.3	248	19.8	16.6-23.3	137	10.0	8.0-12.4	250	17.3	14.7-20.4
GENDER
Male	313	84	31.4	23.9-40.1	60	19.5	13.2-27.9	65	20.8	14.5-28.9	28	8.9	5.6-14.0	76	19.3	14.2-25.5
Female	924	255	31.4	26.4-36.8	203	22.6	18.9-26.7	183	19.2	16.0-22.8	109	10.6	8.2-13.5	174	16.3	13.4-19.7
RACE
White	949	256	28.0	23.9-32.5	213	23.4	19.4-28.0	194	21.0	17.2-25.4	91	9.0	7.0-11.6	195	18.5	15.4-22.2
African American	203	61	40.3	29.6-52.0	30	15.4	9.4-24.3	38	16.2	10.9-23.4	37	15.2	9.5-23.5	37	12.8	8.3-19.3
Asian	8	2	12.0	1.8-49.8	3	26.1	5.4-68.5	2	17.2	2.7-60.9	1	44.6	8.6-87.3	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	41	8	18.4	6.8-41.3	9	29.4	12.1-55.8	8	15.8	6.0-35.6	5	5.8	1.7-17.8	11	30.5	15.0-52.2
Other Minorities	34	11	54.0	27.7-78.2	7	12.0	3.8-32.3	6	18.3	6.5-42.0	3	2.7	0.6-11.8	7	13.0	4.3-32.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic	30	8	25.2	10.0-50.3	7	20.3	7.7-43.6	6	26.8	9.8-55.1	3	3.4	0.9-11.9	6	24.4	8.9-51.4
-English Speaking	21	6	28.9	10.1-59.3	4	26.4	8.2-59.0	4	15.3	4.8-39.6	3	6.2	1.6-20.8	4	23.2	7.5-52.9
-Spanish Speaking	9	2	20.7	3.5-65.1	3	13.0	3.0-41.5	2	40.7	10.1-80.6	0	0.0	. - .	2	25.7	4.3-72.9
Non-Hispanic	1,202	330	31.6	27.3-36.3	256	21.6	18.2-25.5	241	19.5	16.4-23.2	134	10.2	8.1-12.8	241	17.0	14.4-20.0
AGE
18-24	39	9	37.3	18.9-60.4	13	29.2	14.5-50.2	6	14.2	4.3-38.2	6	10.1	3.9-23.6	5	9.2	3.1-24.0
25-34	113	37	40.5	29.5-52.6	35	28.8	19.9-39.7	19	12.8	7.7-20.5	8	5.7	2.8-11.3	14	12.3	6.5-21.8
35-44	185	47	28.5	20.9-37.5	41	16.9	11.6-23.9	47	27.8	20.5-36.4	20	11.8	7.0-19.3	30	15.0	10.0-21.9
45-54	258	68	28.7	21.7-36.9	52	17.1	12.4-23.1	53	22.4	16.3-29.9	32	10.4	6.9-15.4	53	21.5	15.8-28.6
55-64	272	59	23.0	16.9-30.6	56	22.5	16.0-30.6	55	19.5	14.2-26.2	34	10.4	6.7-15.8	68	24.6	18.6-31.7
65-74	225	63	28.8	22.2-36.4	40	18.5	13.2-25.3	55	25.9	19.5-33.4	22	9.8	6.2-15.0	45	17.1	12.3-23.2
75+	138	52	37.0	27.5-47.5	25	17.0	11.0-25.4	12	8.2	4.1-15.6	15	14.0	7.0-26.0	34	23.9	16.5-33.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	270	51	22.5	15.8-31.1	40	16.1	9.9-25.0	56	18.4	13.1-25.4	35	12.1	7.7-18.5	88	30.9	23.8-39.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	362	110	35.2	26.1-45.5	73	21.3	14.5-30.2	76	22.0	15.1-30.9	33	5.5	3.5- 8.5	70	16.0	11.3-22.1
Some Post-H.S.	322	91	29.2	22.4-37.1	76	23.6	17.8-30.6	61	18.5	13.8-24.4	38	13.9	9.1-20.8	56	14.7	10.3-20.6
College Graduate	281	86	35.9	28.0-44.7	74	23.7	18.1-30.5	54	19.0	13.9-25.6	31	9.9	6.7-14.5	36	11.4	7.6-16.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	260	44	25.3	14.4-40.5	27	11.1	6.6-18.2	59	17.7	12.5-24.6	39	12.8	8.1-19.4	91	33.1	24.6-42.8
$15,000- 24,999	257	72	28.7	20.9-38.1	53	16.9	11.5-24.2	51	23.7	16.9-32.1	31	10.1	6.4-15.6	50	20.5	14.0-29.0
$25,000- 34,999	115	34	31.6	21.2-44.3	31	30.1	19.7-42.9	19	18.1	10.5-29.4	9	6.3	2.9-13.1	22	14.0	8.5-22.1
$35,000- 49,999	153	47	30.7	21.9-41.1	41	24.9	17.4-34.3	32	23.3	15.8-33.0	10	7.4	3.0-17.1	23	13.7	8.6-21.2
$50,000-74,999	146	43	28.7	20.4-38.8	35	25.9	17.4-36.8	34	20.5	13.8-29.2	20	15.0	8.7-24.7	14	9.8	5.3-17.6
$75,000+	158	55	41.1	29.7-53.5	37	21.4	12.2-34.9	31	16.7	10.7-25.0	16	9.8	5.3-17.5	19	11.0	6.3-18.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	772	157	22.3	17.4-28.0	139	16.9	13.5-21.0	169	24.6	19.9-30.1	103	12.4	9.6-16.0	204	23.8	19.8-28.3
No	454	178	42.7	35.7-50.0	124	27.7	21.7-34.6	76	13.5	10.2-17.7	33	7.1	4.5-10.8	43	9.1	6.3-13.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	119	32	30.3	19.6-43.7	23	16.9	10.2-26.6	20	16.5	9.5-27.0	11	7.2	3.7-13.8	33	29.1	19.8-40.5
Non-Veteran	1,117	306	31.3	26.8-36.2	240	22.1	18.4-26.2	228	20.2	16.8-24.0	126	10.3	8.1-13.0	217	16.1	13.4-19.2

Total
Respond.^

None

Less than once a week

Once or twice a week

> Twice a week not every day

Everyday

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,237

339

31.4

27.1-36.0

263

21.5

18.1-25.3

248

19.8

16.6-23.3

137

10.0

8.0-12.4

250

17.3

14.7-20.4

GENDER

Male

313

31.4

23.9-40.1

19.5

13.2-27.9

20.8

14.5-28.9

8.9

5.6-14.0

19.3

14.2-25.5

Female

924

255

31.4

26.4-36.8

203

22.6

18.9-26.7

183

19.2

16.0-22.8

109

10.6

8.2-13.5

174

16.3

13.4-19.7

RACE

White

949

256

28.0

23.9-32.5

213

23.4

19.4-28.0

194

21.0

17.2-25.4

9.0

7.0-11.6

195

18.5

15.4-22.2

African American

203

40.3

29.6-52.0

15.4

9.4-24.3

16.2

10.9-23.4

15.2

9.5-23.5

12.8

8.3-19.3

Asian

12.0

1.8-49.8

26.1

5.4-68.5

17.2

2.7-60.9

44.6

8.6-87.3

0.0

. - .

Native American

18.4

6.8-41.3

29.4

12.1-55.8

15.8

6.0-35.6

5.8

1.7-17.8

30.5

15.0-52.2

Other Minorities

54.0

27.7-78.2

12.0

3.8-32.3

18.3

6.5-42.0

2.7

0.6-11.8

13.0

4.3-32.8

HISPANIC

Hispanic

25.2

10.0-50.3

20.3

7.7-43.6

26.8

9.8-55.1

3.4

0.9-11.9

24.4

8.9-51.4

-English Speaking

28.9

10.1-59.3

26.4

8.2-59.0

15.3

4.8-39.6

6.2

1.6-20.8

23.2

7.5-52.9

-Spanish Speaking

20.7

3.5-65.1

13.0

3.0-41.5

40.7

10.1-80.6

0.0

. - .

25.7

4.3-72.9

Non-Hispanic

1,202

330

31.6

27.3-36.3

256

21.6

18.2-25.5

241

19.5

16.4-23.2

134

10.2

8.1-12.8

241

17.0

14.4-20.0

AGE

18-24

37.3

18.9-60.4

29.2

14.5-50.2

14.2

4.3-38.2

10.1

3.9-23.6

9.2

3.1-24.0

25-34

113

40.5

29.5-52.6

28.8

19.9-39.7

12.8

7.7-20.5

5.7

2.8-11.3

12.3

6.5-21.8

35-44

185

28.5

20.9-37.5

16.9

11.6-23.9

27.8

20.5-36.4

11.8

7.0-19.3

15.0

10.0-21.9

45-54

258

28.7

21.7-36.9

17.1

12.4-23.1

22.4

16.3-29.9

10.4

6.9-15.4

21.5

15.8-28.6

55-64

272

23.0

16.9-30.6

22.5

16.0-30.6

19.5

14.2-26.2

10.4

6.7-15.8

24.6

18.6-31.7

65-74

225

28.8

22.2-36.4

18.5

13.2-25.3

25.9

19.5-33.4

9.8

6.2-15.0

17.1

12.3-23.2

75+

138

37.0

27.5-47.5

17.0

11.0-25.4

8.2

4.1-15.6

14.0

7.0-26.0

23.9

16.5-33.2

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

270

22.5

15.8-31.1

16.1

9.9-25.0

18.4

13.1-25.4

12.1

7.7-18.5

30.9

23.8-39.0

H.S. or G.E.D.

362

110

35.2

26.1-45.5

21.3

14.5-30.2

22.0

15.1-30.9

5.5

3.5- 8.5

16.0

11.3-22.1

Some Post-H.S.

322

29.2

22.4-37.1

23.6

17.8-30.6

18.5

13.8-24.4

13.9

9.1-20.8

14.7

10.3-20.6

College Graduate

281

35.9

28.0-44.7

23.7

18.1-30.5

19.0

13.9-25.6

9.9

6.7-14.5

11.4

7.6-16.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

260

25.3

14.4-40.5

11.1

6.6-18.2

17.7

12.5-24.6

12.8

8.1-19.4

33.1

24.6-42.8

$15,000- 24,999

257

28.7

20.9-38.1

16.9

11.5-24.2

23.7

16.9-32.1

10.1

6.4-15.6

20.5

14.0-29.0

$25,000- 34,999

115

31.6

21.2-44.3

30.1

19.7-42.9

18.1

10.5-29.4

6.3

2.9-13.1

14.0

8.5-22.1

$35,000- 49,999

153

30.7

21.9-41.1

24.9

17.4-34.3

23.3

15.8-33.0

7.4

3.0-17.1

13.7

8.6-21.2

$50,000-74,999

146

28.7

20.4-38.8

25.9

17.4-36.8

20.5

13.8-29.2

15.0

8.7-24.7

9.8

5.3-17.6

$75,000+

158

41.1

29.7-53.5

21.4

12.2-34.9

16.7

10.7-25.0

9.8

5.3-17.5

11.0

6.3-18.6

DISABILITY STATUS

Yes

772

157

22.3

17.4-28.0

139

16.9

13.5-21.0

169

24.6

19.9-30.1

103

12.4

9.6-16.0

204

23.8

19.8-28.3

454

178

42.7

35.7-50.0

124

27.7

21.7-34.6

13.5

10.2-17.7

7.1

4.5-10.8

9.1

6.3-13.0

VETERAN STATUS

Veteran

119

30.3

19.6-43.7

16.9

10.2-26.6

16.5

9.5-27.0

7.2

3.7-13.8

29.1

19.8-40.5

Non-Veteran

1,117

306

31.3

26.8-36.2

240

22.1

18.4-26.2

228

20.2

16.8-24.0

126

10.3

8.1-13.0

217

16.1

13.4-19.2

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*These data apply only to those with current asthma.

^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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