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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Asthma

Do you still have asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,763 1,314 7.6 7.0- 8.2 14,449 92.4 91.8-93.0
-New Hanover County 370 28 6.4 4.0-10.0 342 93.6 90.0-96.0
GENDER
Male 146 4 2.4 0.7- 7.4 142 97.6 92.6-99.3
Female 224 24 10.7 6.7-16.9 200 89.3 83.1-93.3
RACE
White 318 28 7.9 5.0-12.2 290 92.1 87.8-95.0
Other 49 0 0.0 . - . 49 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 81 7 7.2 3.1-15.6 74 92.8 84.4-96.9
45+ 287 21 5.9 3.6- 9.4 266 94.1 90.6-96.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 104 6 5.0 1.7-13.7 98 95.0 86.3-98.3
Some College + 265 22 7.0 4.2-11.3 243 93.0 88.7-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 18 8.5 4.6-15.1 144 91.5 84.9-95.4
$50,000+ 160 8 4.3 2.0- 9.3 152 95.7 90.7-98.0

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

^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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