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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 2,820 427 14.1 12.2-16.2 2,393 85.9 83.8-87.8
GENDER
Male 1,084 129 12.3 9.6-15.7 955 87.7 84.3-90.4
Female 1,736 298 15.7 13.3-18.4 1,438 84.3 81.6-86.7
RACE
White 2,591 394 14.2 12.2-16.4 2,197 85.8 83.6-87.8
African American 78 17 19.1 10.7-31.7 61 80.9 68.3-89.3
Other Minorities 138 15 10.3 4.5-21.8 123 89.7 78.2-95.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 5 8.0 2.1-26.2 55 92.0 73.8-97.9
Non-Hispanic 2,754 422 14.3 12.5-16.5 2,332 85.7 83.5-87.5
AGE
18-24 89 13 14.2 6.6-27.8 76 85.8 72.2-93.4
25-34 193 28 11.3 7.3-17.1 165 88.7 82.9-92.7
35-44 345 56 13.7 10.2-18.2 289 86.3 81.8-89.8
45-54 494 85 16.9 12.3-22.9 409 83.1 77.1-87.7
55-64 652 107 16.1 12.9-19.8 545 83.9 80.2-87.1
65+ 1,025 136 12.7 10.5-15.2 889 87.3 84.8-89.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 400 88 24.1 16.3-34.1 312 75.9 65.9-83.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 922 132 14.0 11.3-17.2 790 86.0 82.8-88.7
Some Post-H.S. 691 102 11.4 8.8-14.8 589 88.6 85.2-91.2
College Graduate 803 105 11.5 9.1-14.4 698 88.5 85.6-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 368 92 25.3 17.3-35.4 276 74.7 64.6-82.7
$15,000- 24,999 522 92 18.7 14.3-24.0 430 81.3 76.0-85.7
$25,000- 34,999 349 44 12.4 8.6-17.6 305 87.6 82.4-91.4
$35,000- 49,999 372 48 11.1 7.9-15.4 324 88.9 84.6-92.1
$50,000-74,999 358 51 12.3 8.8-17.0 307 87.7 83.0-91.2
$75,000+ 409 43 9.7 6.7-13.7 366 90.3 86.3-93.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,074 240 22.0 18.4-26.0 834 78.0 74.0-81.6
No 1,612 170 10.5 8.4-13.1 1,442 89.5 86.9-91.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 358 50 14.0 10.3-18.7 308 86.0 81.3-89.7
Non-Veteran 2,228 343 14.4 12.3-16.9 1,885 85.6 83.1-87.7

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
**Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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