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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 413 53 17.8 11.8-26.1 360 82.2 73.9-88.2
GENDER
Male 162 18 17.0 8.9-30.1 144 83.0 69.9-91.1
Female 251 35 18.6 10.8-30.3 216 81.4 69.7-89.2
RACE
White 351 44 18.3 11.3-28.1 307 81.7 71.9-88.7
Other 60 8 15.3 6.9-30.3 52 84.7 69.7-93.1
AGE
18-44 88 16 26.1 14.7-42.0 72 73.9 58.0-85.3
45+ 318 36 10.3 7.0-14.8 282 89.7 85.2-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 18 27.3 13.9-46.7 111 72.7 53.3-86.1
Some College + 284 35 13.3 8.4-20.3 249 86.7 79.7-91.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 28 24.6 14.5-38.5 144 75.4 61.5-85.5
$50,000+ 177 16 10.9 5.2-21.4 161 89.1 78.6-94.8

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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.

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