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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 13,218 1,102 7.8 7.0- 8.6 12,116 92.2 91.4-93.0
-Wayne County 385 40 10.9 6.9-16.7 345 89.1 83.3-93.1
GENDER
Male 123 10 12.0 5.5-24.3 113 88.0 75.7-94.5
Female 262 30 9.9 6.3-15.2 232 90.1 84.8-93.7
RACE
White 237 27 12.7 7.2-21.3 210 87.3 78.7-92.8
Other 147 13 8.3 3.9-16.5 134 91.7 83.5-96.1
AGE
18-44 112 13 12.6 6.2-24.0 99 87.4 76.0-93.8
45+ 270 27 9.2 6.0-13.9 243 90.8 86.1-94.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 24 13.4 7.3-23.3 169 86.6 76.7-92.7
Some College + 192 16 8.1 4.4-14.6 176 91.9 85.4-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 27 15.9 9.2-26.2 189 84.1 73.8-90.8
$50,000+ 97 7 7.3 3.0-16.8 90 92.7 83.2-97.0

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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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