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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Asthma

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,252 1,706 12.9 11.9-14.0 11,546 87.1 86.0-88.1
-Eastern NC 3,661 480 12.8 11.1-14.8 3,181 87.2 85.2-88.9
GENDER
Male 1,327 126 9.9 7.5-13.1 1,201 90.1 86.9-92.5
Female 2,334 354 15.5 13.2-18.2 1,980 84.5 81.8-86.8
RACE
White 2,440 301 12.5 10.4-14.9 2,139 87.5 85.1-89.6
African American 850 132 14.9 11.2-19.4 718 85.1 80.6-88.8
Other Minorities 348 42 9.6 5.0-17.4 306 90.4 82.6-95.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 146 11 5.8 2.3-13.8 135 94.2 86.2-97.7
Non-Hispanic 3,508 469 13.4 11.5-15.5 3,039 86.6 84.5-88.5
AGE
18-24 136 31 16.4 10.3-25.0 105 83.6 75.0-89.7
25-34 395 64 15.1 10.4-21.5 331 84.9 78.5-89.6
35-44 555 57 9.6 6.5-13.9 498 90.4 86.1-93.5
45-54 720 94 12.5 9.1-17.0 626 87.5 83.0-90.9
55-64 742 108 12.4 9.3-16.4 634 87.6 83.6-90.7
65+ 1,084 122 11.6 8.3-16.1 962 88.4 83.9-91.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 505 75 14.0 9.0-21.0 430 86.0 79.0-91.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,164 145 13.7 10.5-17.7 1,019 86.3 82.3-89.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,021 155 14.3 11.2-18.3 866 85.7 81.7-88.8
College Graduate 965 103 9.1 6.6-12.3 862 90.9 87.7-93.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 467 89 18.0 12.2-25.7 378 82.0 74.3-87.8
$15,000- 24,999 627 93 14.6 10.7-19.5 534 85.4 80.5-89.3
$25,000- 34,999 373 47 15.8 9.9-24.4 326 84.2 75.6-90.1
$35,000- 49,999 488 56 12.4 8.1-18.6 432 87.6 81.4-91.9
$50,000-74,999 491 58 10.1 6.9-14.6 433 89.9 85.4-93.1
$75,000+ 683 63 6.8 4.7- 9.8 620 93.2 90.2-95.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,368 263 20.9 17.1-25.2 1,105 79.1 74.8-82.9
No 2,053 197 9.3 7.4-11.7 1,856 90.7 88.3-92.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 583 51 11.0 7.0-16.9 532 89.0 83.1-93.0
Non-Veteran 2,766 383 13.2 11.2-15.6 2,383 86.8 84.4-88.8

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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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