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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Asthma

Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had 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
-Rowan County 435 59 13.5 9.5-18.7 376 86.5 81.3-90.5
GENDER
Male 156 14 12.1 6.0-23.0 142 87.9 77.0-94.0
Female 279 45 14.5 10.2-20.3 234 85.5 79.7-89.8
RACE
White 382 51 11.9 8.6-16.2 331 88.1 83.8-91.4
Other 51 7 19.3 7.3-42.0 44 80.7 58.0-92.7
AGE
18-44 104 11 12.0 5.8-23.2 93 88.0 76.8-94.2
45+ 328 48 14.9 11.0-19.9 280 85.1 80.1-89.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 217 29 17.0 10.5-26.4 188 83.0 73.6-89.5
Some College + 218 30 9.7 6.3-14.8 188 90.3 85.2-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 32 13.1 8.5-19.7 189 86.9 80.3-91.5
$50,000+ 129 16 11.8 6.8-19.7 113 88.2 80.3-93.2

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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.

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