BRFSS 2008 - North Carolina: (Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had asthma?)

2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Asthma--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	15,799	1,939	11.7	10.9-12.5	13,860	88.3	87.5-89.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes	13,872	1,697	11.8	11.0-12.7	12,175	88.2	87.3-89.0
No	1,901	240	11.1	9.3-13.3	1,661	88.9	86.7-90.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight	233	29	8.1	5.1-12.6	204	91.9	87.4-94.9
Recommended Range	4,926	464	9.2	8.0-10.6	4,462	90.8	89.4-92.0
Overweight	5,579	648	11.0	9.9-12.3	4,931	89.0	87.7-90.1
Obese	4,364	694	15.2	13.5-17.1	3,670	84.8	82.9-86.5
Current Smoker
No	12,869	1,489	10.5	9.8-11.4	11,380	89.5	88.6-90.2
Yes	2,872	445	16.1	14.0-18.4	2,427	83.9	81.6-86.0
History of CVD**
Yes	1,952	373	19.8	17.1-22.8	1,579	80.2	77.2-82.9
No	13,693	1,543	10.9	10.1-11.7	12,150	89.1	88.3-89.9
Binge Drinker
No	14,244	1,784	11.9	11.1-12.8	12,460	88.1	87.2-88.9
Yes	1,345	136	10.6	8.4-13.3	1,209	89.4	86.7-91.6
Heavy Drinker
No	14,922	1,843	11.8	11.0-12.6	13,079	88.2	87.4-89.0
Yes	568	68	11.4	7.7-16.7	500	88.6	83.3-92.3
Diabetes
Yes	1,958	343	17.6	15.2-20.2	1,615	82.4	79.8-84.8
No	13,834	1,594	11.1	10.3-11.9	12,240	88.9	88.1-89.7
Disability
Yes	5,866	1,115	19.2	17.7-20.8	4,751	80.8	79.2-82.3
No	9,484	782	8.4	7.5- 9.3	8,702	91.6	90.7-92.5

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**History of Cardiovascular Disease: includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

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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