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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Asthma

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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
-New Hanover County 371 49 12.9 9.3-17.6 322 87.1 82.4-90.7
GENDER
Male 146 14 9.8 5.4-17.2 132 90.2 82.8-94.6
Female 225 35 16.2 11.2-23.0 190 83.8 77.0-88.8
RACE
White 319 45 14.5 10.3-20.0 274 85.5 80.0-89.7
Other 49 4 6.3 2.2-17.1 45 93.7 82.9-97.8
AGE
18-44 82 12 13.3 7.2-23.4 70 86.7 76.6-92.8
45+ 287 37 12.7 8.9-17.9 250 87.3 82.1-91.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 104 14 12.9 6.7-23.5 90 87.1 76.5-93.3
Some College + 266 35 12.9 8.8-18.5 231 87.1 81.5-91.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 27 15.3 9.5-23.7 135 84.7 76.3-90.5
$50,000+ 161 17 11.1 6.6-18.0 144 88.9 82.0-93.4

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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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