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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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
-Wayne County 386 61 18.0 12.5-25.3 325 82.0 74.7-87.5
GENDER
Male 124 21 25.0 14.9-38.8 103 75.0 61.2-85.1
Female 262 40 12.0 8.1-17.5 222 88.0 82.5-91.9
RACE
White 237 38 21.9 13.9-32.8 199 78.1 67.2-86.1
Other 148 23 12.3 7.2-20.3 125 87.7 79.7-92.8
AGE
18-44 113 18 21.6 12.3-35.0 95 78.4 65.0-87.7
45+ 270 43 14.5 10.3-20.2 227 85.5 79.8-89.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 35 17.0 10.4-26.7 158 83.0 73.3-89.6
Some College + 193 26 19.1 11.1-30.9 167 80.9 69.1-88.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 217 40 22.8 14.5-34.0 177 77.2 66.0-85.5
$50,000+ 97 12 17.6 8.7-32.4 85 82.4 67.6-91.3

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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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