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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 13,218 1,102 7.8 7.0- 8.6 12,116 92.2 91.4-93.0
-Eastern NC 3,650 300 7.9 6.5- 9.5 3,350 92.1 90.5-93.5
GENDER
Male 1,320 58 4.8 3.2- 7.3 1,262 95.2 92.7-96.8
Female 2,330 242 10.7 8.7-13.1 2,088 89.3 86.9-91.3
RACE
White 2,432 181 7.3 5.7- 9.3 2,251 92.7 90.7-94.3
African American 849 83 8.9 6.4-12.4 766 91.1 87.6-93.6
Other Minorities 346 32 7.7 3.6-15.8 314 92.3 84.2-96.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 146 7 2.7 0.7-10.1 139 97.3 89.9-99.3
Non-Hispanic 3,497 293 8.3 6.8-10.0 3,204 91.7 90.0-93.2
AGE
18-24 135 20 11.1 6.2-19.0 115 88.9 81.0-93.8
25-34 392 34 7.9 4.7-12.9 358 92.1 87.1-95.3
35-44 554 37 6.5 3.9-10.6 517 93.5 89.4-96.1
45-54 717 66 8.6 5.7-12.7 651 91.4 87.3-94.3
55-64 742 70 8.0 5.6-11.5 672 92.0 88.5-94.4
65+ 1,081 70 5.6 3.9- 7.9 1,011 94.4 92.1-96.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 503 53 9.2 5.6-14.6 450 90.8 85.4-94.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,161 97 8.9 6.5-12.2 1,064 91.1 87.8-93.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,017 95 8.1 5.7-11.3 922 91.9 88.7-94.3
College Graduate 963 54 5.4 3.4- 8.4 909 94.6 91.6-96.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 465 68 14.3 9.1-21.7 397 85.7 78.3-90.9
$15,000- 24,999 625 65 10.0 6.9-14.4 560 90.0 85.6-93.1
$25,000- 34,999 371 30 9.9 5.6-17.1 341 90.1 82.9-94.4
$35,000- 49,999 487 29 6.7 3.4-12.6 458 93.3 87.4-96.6
$50,000-74,999 489 28 5.1 2.8- 9.0 461 94.9 91.0-97.2
$75,000+ 683 33 3.8 2.3- 6.4 650 96.2 93.6-97.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,363 188 14.9 11.7-18.6 1,175 85.1 81.4-88.3
No 2,047 99 4.5 3.2- 6.3 1,948 95.5 93.7-96.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 582 25 4.5 2.4- 8.3 557 95.5 91.7-97.6
Non-Veteran 2,756 243 8.3 6.7-10.3 2,513 91.7 89.7-93.3

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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.

**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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