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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 13,218 1,102 7.8 7.0- 8.6 12,116 92.2 91.4-93.0
-Mecklenburg County 615 43 6.8 4.7- 9.8 572 93.2 90.2-95.3
GENDER
Male 231 9 5.4 2.6-11.0 222 94.6 89.0-97.4
Female 384 34 8.0 5.3-12.0 350 92.0 88.0-94.7
RACE
White 427 32 9.4 6.1-14.2 395 90.6 85.8-93.9
Other 177 11 3.3 1.6- 6.5 166 96.7 93.5-98.4
AGE
18-44 189 14 7.1 3.9-12.6 175 92.9 87.4-96.1
45+ 418 29 6.6 4.3-10.1 389 93.4 89.9-95.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 148 16 9.4 4.9-17.0 132 90.6 83.0-95.1
Some College + 464 27 5.9 3.7- 9.4 437 94.1 90.6-96.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 21 7.7 4.3-13.4 210 92.3 86.6-95.7
$50,000+ 283 17 6.3 3.6-10.6 266 93.7 89.4-96.4

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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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