2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 4,900 670 13.6 12.4-15.0 4,230 86.4 85.0-87.6
Region 8 719 98 13.3 10.4-16.9 621 86.7 83.1-89.6
GENDER
Male 314 37 12.4 8.4-17.8 277 87.6 82.2-91.6
Female 405 61 14.2 10.3-19.2 344 85.8 80.8-89.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 406 54 12.3 8.9-16.7 352 87.7 83.3-91.1
Non-Hispanic Black 138 18 13.3 7.3-23.0 120 86.7 77.0-92.7
Other 175 26 17.9 10.4-29.1 149 82.1 70.9-89.6
AGE
18-44 231 34 15.4 10.5-21.9 197 84.6 78.1-89.5
45-64 253 35 12.8 8.3-19.1 218 87.2 80.9-91.7
65+ 232 29 9.7 6.2-14.9 203 90.3 85.1-93.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 310 43 12.3 8.2-18.0 267 87.7 82.0-91.8
Some College + 408 55 14.2 10.3-19.2 353 85.8 80.8-89.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 374 53 13.2 9.2-18.5 321 86.8 81.5-90.8
$50,000+ 204 25 13.1 8.4-19.8 179 86.9 80.2-91.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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