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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

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
-Union County 368 38 13.6 8.6-20.9 330 86.4 79.1-91.4
GENDER
Male 117 9 9.3 4.1-19.8 108 90.7 80.2-95.9
Female 251 29 16.4 9.5-26.9 222 83.6 73.1-90.5
RACE
White 318 35 14.2 9.1-21.7 283 85.8 78.3-90.9
Other 49 3 11.5 2.3-42.4 46 88.5 57.6-97.7
AGE
18-44 145 19 15.3 8.4-26.2 126 84.7 73.8-91.6
45+ 220 18 11.1 5.3-21.6 202 88.9 78.4-94.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 10 8.7 3.4-20.2 123 91.3 79.8-96.6
Some College + 234 28 16.3 9.6-26.2 206 83.7 73.8-90.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 141 12 5.9 3.1-10.8 129 94.1 89.2-96.9
$50,000+ 179 22 15.5 9.0-25.5 157 84.5 74.5-91.0

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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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