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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 7,599 895 11.1 10.1-12.3 6,704 88.9 87.7-89.9
GENDER
Male 2,909 287 9.9 8.4-11.7 2,622 90.1 88.3-91.6
Female 4,690 608 12.3 10.9-13.7 4,082 87.7 86.3-89.1
RACE
White 6,024 721 11.2 10.1-12.4 5,303 88.8 87.6-89.9
African American 1,087 131 13.1 10.2-16.7 956 86.9 83.3-89.8
Other Minorities 465 40 7.9 5.1-12.2 425 92.1 87.8-94.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 350 21 3.9 2.3- 6.6 329 96.1 93.4-97.7
Non-Hispanic 7,231 872 11.8 10.7-13.1 6,359 88.2 86.9-89.3
AGE
18-24 214 26 12.7 8.1-19.4 188 87.3 80.6-91.9
25-34 756 86 10.0 7.8-12.8 670 90.0 87.2-92.2
35-44 1,255 129 9.7 7.8-12.0 1,126 90.3 88.0-92.2
45-54 1,531 193 12.8 10.7-15.3 1,338 87.2 84.7-89.3
55-64 1,599 207 11.8 10.0-14.0 1,392 88.2 86.0-90.0
65-74 1,234 151 11.1 9.2-13.4 1,083 88.9 86.6-90.8
75+ 947 98 9.7 7.6-12.2 849 90.3 87.8-92.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 966 153 10.7 8.4-13.6 813 89.3 86.4-91.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,109 253 13.5 11.0-16.5 1,856 86.5 83.5-89.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,932 250 11.9 10.1-13.9 1,682 88.1 86.1-89.9
College Graduate 2,573 239 8.8 7.5-10.3 2,334 91.2 89.7-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 706 136 16.1 11.9-21.3 570 83.9 78.7-88.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,166 169 11.9 9.3-15.1 997 88.1 84.9-90.7
$25,000- 34,999 745 86 11.7 8.9-15.4 659 88.3 84.6-91.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,007 112 9.9 7.8-12.5 895 90.1 87.5-92.2
$50,000-74,999 1,061 113 10.0 7.9-12.6 948 90.0 87.4-92.1
$75,000+ 1,870 166 9.0 7.3-11.1 1,704 91.0 88.9-92.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,589 498 18.9 16.7-21.4 2,091 81.1 78.6-83.3
No 4,798 380 8.1 7.0- 9.4 4,418 91.9 90.6-93.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,010 95 9.8 7.5-12.6 915 90.2 87.4-92.5
Non-Veteran 6,586 800 11.3 10.2-12.6 5,786 88.7 87.4-89.8

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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