2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 6,522 803 12.4 11.5-13.5 5,719 87.6 86.5-88.5
Region 7 815 107 12.7 10.2-15.6 708 87.3 84.4-89.8
GENDER
Male 352 42 12.5 9.0-17.1 310 87.5 82.9-91.0
Female 463 65 12.8 9.7-16.7 398 87.2 83.3-90.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 488 66 13.0 9.9-16.8 422 87.0 83.2-90.1
Non-Hispanic Black 207 29 13.0 8.6-19.3 178 87.0 80.7-91.4
Other 114 11 10.0 5.2-18.5 103 90.0 81.5-94.8
AGE
18-44 312 46 14.2 10.4-19.2 266 85.8 80.8-89.6
45-64 300 34 11.3 7.9-16.0 266 88.7 84.0-92.1
65+ 194 27 11.5 7.6-17.2 167 88.5 82.8-92.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 271 32 11.7 7.7-17.3 239 88.3 82.7-92.3
Some College + 541 75 13.3 10.4-16.8 466 86.7 83.2-89.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 323 46 13.1 9.3-18.1 277 86.9 81.9-90.7
$50,000+ 346 45 13.1 9.6-17.7 301 86.9 82.3-90.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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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