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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 602 29 6.6 4.0-10.5 573 93.4 89.5-96.0
GENDER
Male 232 9 5.8 2.6-12.5 223 94.2 87.5-97.4
Female 370 20 7.4 4.1-12.8 350 92.6 87.2-95.9
RACE
White 460 21 7.1 4.0-12.4 439 92.9 87.6-96.0
Other 137 7 5.4 2.3-12.4 130 94.6 87.6-97.7
AGE
18-44 220 15 9.0 5.1-15.6 205 91.0 84.4-94.9
45+ 373 13 2.9 1.6- 5.1 360 97.1 94.9-98.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 11 11.9 5.5-23.8 118 88.1 76.2-94.5
Some College + 473 18 4.7 2.5- 8.6 455 95.3 91.4-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 174 14 7.0 3.7-12.8 160 93.0 87.2-96.3
$50,000+ 340 12 7.3 3.7-13.9 328 92.7 86.1-96.3

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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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