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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 13,218 1,102 7.8 7.0- 8.6 12,116 92.2 91.4-93.0
-Piedmont NC 6,752 505 7.5 6.5- 8.7 6,247 92.5 91.3-93.5
GENDER
Male 2,556 133 5.7 4.3- 7.4 2,423 94.3 92.6-95.7
Female 4,196 372 9.2 7.8-10.9 3,824 90.8 89.1-92.2
RACE
White 5,430 411 7.8 6.6- 9.1 5,019 92.2 90.9-93.4
African American 928 81 9.8 7.0-13.5 847 90.2 86.5-93.0
Other Minorities 340 12 2.1 0.9- 5.0 328 97.9 95.0-99.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 238 10 2.6 1.1- 6.0 228 97.4 94.0-98.9
Non-Hispanic 6,491 493 8.0 6.9- 9.2 5,998 92.0 90.8-93.1
AGE
18-24 183 22 10.5 6.4-16.8 161 89.5 83.2-93.6
25-34 636 55 9.9 6.9-14.1 581 90.1 85.9-93.1
35-44 1,092 75 5.3 3.9- 7.1 1,017 94.7 92.9-96.1
45-54 1,347 100 7.4 5.4-10.0 1,247 92.6 90.0-94.6
55-64 1,374 115 6.6 5.3- 8.2 1,259 93.4 91.8-94.7
65+ 2,051 136 6.6 5.1- 8.3 1,915 93.4 91.7-94.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 826 87 7.8 5.5-11.0 739 92.2 89.0-94.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,846 141 8.8 6.6-11.7 1,705 91.2 88.3-93.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,631 128 8.8 6.6-11.7 1,503 91.2 88.3-93.4
College Graduate 2,436 148 5.6 4.5- 7.0 2,288 94.4 93.0-95.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 606 73 10.0 6.7-14.7 533 90.0 85.3-93.3
$15,000- 24,999 949 86 8.7 6.0-12.3 863 91.3 87.7-94.0
$25,000- 34,999 640 52 8.8 5.8-13.1 588 91.2 86.9-94.2
$35,000- 49,999 843 53 3.8 2.7- 5.3 790 96.2 94.7-97.3
$50,000-74,999 958 74 10.5 7.1-15.1 884 89.5 84.9-92.9
$75,000+ 1,701 95 5.0 3.8- 6.5 1,606 95.0 93.5-96.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,142 257 11.2 9.2-13.6 1,885 88.8 86.4-90.8
No 4,184 225 6.3 5.1- 7.7 3,959 93.7 92.3-94.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 787 41 4.2 2.9- 6.2 746 95.8 93.8-97.1
Non-Veteran 5,403 425 8.2 7.0- 9.6 4,978 91.8 90.4-93.0

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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.

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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