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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 368 24 10.5 5.9-18.1 344 89.5 81.9-94.1
GENDER
Male 117 6 7.0 2.5-18.1 111 93.0 81.9-97.5
Female 251 18 12.8 6.4-24.0 233 87.2 76.0-93.6
RACE
White 318 23 10.8 6.1-18.5 295 89.2 81.5-93.9
Other 49 1 9.8 1.5-44.6 48 90.2 55.4-98.5
AGE
18-44 145 12 12.3 5.9-23.8 133 87.7 76.2-94.1
45+ 220 12 8.2 3.1-19.9 208 91.8 80.1-96.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 8 7.7 2.8-19.8 125 92.3 80.2-97.2
Some College + 234 16 12.0 6.0-22.7 218 88.0 77.3-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 141 6 2.8 1.1- 7.1 135 97.2 92.9-98.9
$50,000+ 179 14 11.6 5.7-22.1 165 88.4 77.9-94.3

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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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