2011 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Chronic Health Conditions

Do you still have asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,483 987 8.8 8.0- 9.7 10,496 91.2 90.3-92.0
-Piedmont NC 6,411 496 8.5 7.4- 9.8 5,915 91.5 90.2-92.6
GENDER
Male 2,450 128 5.9 4.5- 7.8 2,322 94.1 92.2-95.5
Female 3,961 368 11.0 9.4-12.8 3,593 89.0 87.2-90.6
RACE
White 4,893 357 8.5 7.2-10.1 4,536 91.5 89.9-92.8
African American 1,073 115 10.7 8.3-13.8 958 89.3 86.2-91.7
Other minorities 398 19 3.9 1.9- 7.5 379 96.1 92.5-98.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 311 13 5.6 2.9-10.5 298 94.4 89.5-97.1
Non-Hispanic 6,081 480 8.8 7.6-10.1 5,601 91.2 89.9-92.4
AGE
18-34 790 63 9.5 7.0-12.9 727 90.5 87.1-93.0
35-54 2,142 164 7.9 6.4- 9.7 1,978 92.1 90.3-93.6
55-64 1,313 108 8.6 6.4-11.5 1,205 91.4 88.5-93.6
65-74 1,153 91 7.8 5.8-10.4 1,062 92.2 89.6-94.2
75+ 928 63 7.9 5.5-11.3 865 92.1 88.7-94.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 727 81 10.9 7.8-15.1 646 89.1 84.9-92.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,741 149 10.7 8.3-13.9 1,592 89.3 86.1-91.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,529 116 8.2 6.3-10.6 1,413 91.8 89.4-93.7
College Graduate 2,390 146 5.4 4.3- 6.9 2,244 94.6 93.1-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 646 93 16.0 11.9-21.2 553 84.0 78.8-88.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,050 83 9.2 6.6-12.7 967 90.8 87.3-93.4
$25,000- 34,999 576 46 7.9 4.6-13.3 530 92.1 86.7-95.4
$35,000- 49,999 753 51 7.8 5.1-11.5 702 92.2 88.5-94.9
$50,000+ 2,253 118 5.0 3.7- 6.6 2,135 95.0 93.4-96.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,741 252 18.2 15.1-21.8 1,489 81.8 78.2-84.9
No 4,351 214 5.6 4.6- 7.0 4,137 94.4 93.0-95.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 805 38 5.0 3.3- 7.7 767 95.0 92.3-96.7
Non-Veteran 5,603 457 9.0 7.7-10.3 5,146 91.0 89.7-92.3

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*Adults without asthma are included in the denominator to estimate current asthma prevalence.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

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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