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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Asthma

Do you still have 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
-Orange County 369 28 8.0 5.2-12.0 341 92.0 88.0-94.8
GENDER
Male 139 9 6.8 3.2-13.6 130 93.2 86.4-96.8
Female 230 19 8.8 5.2-14.5 211 91.2 85.5-94.8
RACE
White 292 24 10.1 6.4-15.6 268 89.9 84.4-93.6
Other 71 4 3.5 1.2- 9.6 67 96.5 90.4-98.8
AGE
18-44 98 6 6.1 2.5-14.3 92 93.9 85.7-97.5
45+ 265 22 9.7 6.2-14.8 243 90.3 85.2-93.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 84 8 9.8 4.2-21.2 76 90.2 78.8-95.8
Some College + 283 19 7.1 4.3-11.7 264 92.9 88.3-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 105 9 7.8 3.7-15.8 96 92.2 84.2-96.3
$50,000+ 205 16 8.8 4.9-15.2 189 91.2 84.8-95.1

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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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