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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 431 40 8.8 5.5-13.7 391 91.2 86.3-94.5
GENDER
Male 155 5 5.0 1.2-18.5 150 95.0 81.5-98.8
Female 276 35 11.7 7.8-17.4 241 88.3 82.6-92.2
RACE
White 379 36 7.6 5.2-10.9 343 92.4 89.1-94.8
Other 50 4 13.7 3.7-39.4 46 86.3 60.6-96.3
AGE
18-44 104 8 8.6 3.4-19.9 96 91.4 80.1-96.6
45+ 324 32 9.1 6.2-13.1 292 90.9 86.9-93.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 19 11.5 6.0-20.9 196 88.5 79.1-94.0
Some College + 216 21 5.9 3.6- 9.5 195 94.1 90.5-96.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 24 9.8 5.9-16.0 195 90.2 84.0-94.1
$50,000+ 128 11 6.6 3.3-12.6 117 93.4 87.4-96.7

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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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