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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 6,771 799 12.7 11.3-14.3 5,972 87.3 85.7-88.7
GENDER
Male 2,560 253 11.1 9.2-13.3 2,307 88.9 86.7-90.8
Female 4,211 546 14.3 12.3-16.6 3,665 85.7 83.4-87.7
RACE
White 5,444 636 12.6 11.0-14.4 4,808 87.4 85.6-89.0
African American 933 130 15.9 12.4-20.2 803 84.1 79.8-87.6
Other Minorities 340 29 6.4 3.4-12.0 311 93.6 88.0-96.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 238 20 6.4 3.0-13.1 218 93.6 86.9-97.0
Non-Hispanic 6,510 776 13.3 11.8-14.9 5,734 86.7 85.1-88.2
AGE
18-24 183 36 20.2 13.3-29.3 147 79.8 70.7-86.7
25-34 638 88 16.8 12.8-21.9 550 83.2 78.1-87.2
35-44 1,093 131 10.5 8.4-13.0 962 89.5 87.0-91.6
45-54 1,351 158 11.0 8.7-13.7 1,193 89.0 86.3-91.3
55-64 1,377 176 11.0 9.2-13.0 1,201 89.0 87.0-90.8
65+ 2,060 206 9.3 7.6-11.2 1,854 90.7 88.8-92.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 827 111 10.8 7.7-14.9 716 89.2 85.1-92.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,852 217 14.0 11.1-17.5 1,635 86.0 82.5-88.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,636 202 14.3 11.5-17.8 1,434 85.7 82.2-88.5
College Graduate 2,443 268 11.4 9.3-14.0 2,175 88.6 86.0-90.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 609 99 14.6 10.0-21.0 510 85.4 79.0-90.0
$15,000- 24,999 950 126 16.5 11.5-23.0 824 83.5 77.0-88.5
$25,000- 34,999 640 74 11.3 8.0-15.8 566 88.7 84.2-92.0
$35,000- 49,999 845 92 10.8 7.5-15.3 753 89.2 84.7-92.5
$50,000-74,999 959 112 16.3 12.1-21.6 847 83.7 78.4-87.9
$75,000+ 1,706 178 9.6 8.0-11.5 1,528 90.4 88.5-92.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,151 365 16.4 13.9-19.3 1,786 83.6 80.7-86.1
No 4,192 395 11.3 9.7-13.1 3,797 88.7 86.9-90.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 788 78 9.1 6.7-12.1 710 90.9 87.9-93.3
Non-Veteran 5,420 658 13.4 11.8-15.3 4,762 86.6 84.7-88.2

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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