2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-Whites

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(Ever told) you had asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,265 826 11.5 10.6-12.4 6,439 88.5 87.6-89.4
-Whites 5,165 573 11.5 10.4-12.6 4,592 88.5 87.4-89.6
GENDER
Male 2,234 187 9.2 7.7-11.0 2,047 90.8 89.0-92.3
Female 2,931 386 13.5 12.1-15.2 2,545 86.5 84.8-87.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 182 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 4,970 561 11.6 10.5-12.8 4,409 88.4 87.2-89.5
AGE
18-34 754 95 13.7 10.9-16.9 659 86.3 83.1-89.1
35-44 586 66 11.0 8.4-14.2 520 89.0 85.8-91.6
45-54 742 77 9.6 7.6-12.1 665 90.4 87.9-92.4
55-64 1,115 134 12.4 10.4-14.8 981 87.6 85.2-89.6
65-74 1,108 122 10.7 8.8-13.0 986 89.3 87.0-91.2
75+ 803 73 9.1 7.0-11.8 730 90.9 88.2-93.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 515 83 17.1 13.2-22.0 432 82.9 78.0-86.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,362 154 11.4 9.5-13.6 1,208 88.6 86.4-90.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,382 152 11.1 9.2-13.3 1,230 88.9 86.7-90.8
College Graduate 1,892 183 9.4 8.0-11.0 1,709 90.6 89.0-92.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 462 88 19.6 15.5-24.5 374 80.4 75.5-84.5
$15,000- 24,999 723 105 15.9 12.5-19.9 618 84.1 80.1-87.5
$25,000- 34,999 475 54 14.2 10.5-19.0 421 85.8 81.0-89.5
$35,000- 49,999 624 65 9.1 6.7-12.2 559 90.9 87.8-93.3
$50,000- 74,999 624 55 9.5 6.9-13.0 569 90.5 87.0-93.1
$75,000+ 1,231 115 9.6 7.7-12.0 1,116 90.4 88.0-92.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,439 264 19.9 17.4-22.7 1,175 80.1 77.3-82.6
No 3,579 287 8.6 7.4- 9.8 3,292 91.4 90.2-92.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 782 58 6.6 4.9- 8.7 724 93.4 91.3-95.1
Non-Veteran 4,379 514 12.2 11.0-13.6 3,865 87.8 86.4-89.0
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 3,091 364 12.2 10.8-13.8 2,727 87.8 86.2-89.2
No 2,074 209 10.3 8.7-12.2 1,865 89.7 87.8-91.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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