2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you had asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,684 859 13.4 12.4-14.5 5,825 86.6 85.5-87.6
Region 6 516 59 11.5 8.7-15.1 457 88.5 84.9-91.3
GENDER
Male 225 22 9.6 5.9-15.2 203 90.4 84.8-94.1
Female 291 37 13.3 9.4-18.4 254 86.7 81.6-90.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 284 33 11.3 7.8-16.1 251 88.7 83.9-92.2
Non-Hispanic Black 151 14 8.0 4.5-13.9 137 92.0 86.1-95.5
Other 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 189 24 12.5 8.2-18.7 165 87.5 81.3-91.8
44-64 197 21 10.2 6.2-16.3 176 89.8 83.7-93.8
65+ 123 13 10.3 5.8-17.6 110 89.7 82.4-94.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 28 13.0 8.6-19.1 187 87.0 80.9-91.4
Some College + 300 31 10.4 7.0-15.2 269 89.6 84.8-93.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 239 31 13.1 8.8-19.2 208 86.9 80.8-91.2
$50,000+ 164 20 12.8 8.1-19.7 144 87.2 80.3-91.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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