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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 616 71 12.3 9.2-16.3 545 87.7 83.7-90.8
GENDER
Male 232 22 11.5 7.2-17.6 210 88.5 82.4-92.8
Female 384 49 13.1 9.0-18.7 335 86.9 81.3-91.0
RACE
White 427 52 14.8 10.8-19.9 375 85.2 80.1-89.2
Other 178 19 9.4 5.1-16.9 159 90.6 83.1-94.9
AGE
18-44 190 27 14.2 9.2-21.4 163 85.8 78.6-90.8
45+ 418 44 10.6 7.5-14.6 374 89.4 85.4-92.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 148 23 15.7 8.9-26.0 125 84.3 74.0-91.1
Some College + 465 48 11.2 8.0-15.4 417 88.8 84.6-92.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 31 14.3 8.7-22.6 201 85.7 77.4-91.3
$50,000+ 283 34 12.9 8.9-18.2 249 87.1 81.8-91.1

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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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