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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 13,218 1,102 7.8 7.0- 8.6 12,116 92.2 91.4-93.0
-New Hanover County 411 27 11.0 5.8-20.0 384 89.0 80.0-94.2
GENDER
Male 160 5 7.6 2.0-24.7 155 92.4 75.3-98.0
Female 251 22 14.2 7.0-26.9 229 85.8 73.1-93.0
RACE
White 349 22 11.8 5.8-22.7 327 88.2 77.3-94.2
Other 60 5 7.3 2.6-19.2 55 92.7 80.8-97.4
AGE
18-44 87 7 17.6 7.6-35.4 80 82.4 64.6-92.4
45+ 317 19 4.9 3.0- 8.1 298 95.1 91.9-97.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 14 24.3 11.3-44.8 115 75.7 55.2-88.7
Some College + 282 13 4.5 1.9-10.3 269 95.5 89.7-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 17 15.2 6.8-30.8 154 84.8 69.2-93.2
$50,000+ 176 4 5.5 1.4-19.3 172 94.5 80.7-98.6

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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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