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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 604 60 11.8 8.6-16.1 544 88.2 83.9-91.4
GENDER
Male 232 24 10.2 6.0-16.7 208 89.8 83.3-94.0
Female 372 36 13.5 9.1-19.6 336 86.5 80.4-90.9
RACE
White 461 44 11.8 8.0-17.0 417 88.2 83.0-92.0
Other 138 15 12.0 6.6-21.0 123 88.0 79.0-93.4
AGE
18-44 221 28 14.5 9.6-21.5 193 85.5 78.5-90.4
45+ 374 30 7.8 5.2-11.4 344 92.2 88.6-94.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 15 14.8 7.6-26.7 114 85.2 73.3-92.4
Some College + 475 45 10.8 7.5-15.3 430 89.2 84.7-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 175 25 14.5 8.9-22.9 150 85.5 77.1-91.1
$50,000+ 341 27 11.6 7.3-17.9 314 88.4 82.1-92.7

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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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