2021 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 4,929 648 13.7 12.5-15.0 4,281 86.3 85.0-87.5
Region 8 799 97 11.5 9.0-14.5 702 88.5 85.5-91.0
GENDER
Male 333 29 8.0 5.1-12.1 304 92.0 87.9-94.9
Female 466 68 14.9 11.1-19.8 398 85.1 80.2-88.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 457 50 11.1 8.2-15.0 407 88.9 85.0-91.8
Non-Hispanic Black 149 21 15.1 8.4-25.6 128 84.9 74.4-91.6
Other 185 24 9.0 4.9-15.9 161 91.0 84.1-95.1
AGE
18-44 227 34 12.5 8.5-18.1 193 87.5 81.9-91.5
45-64 241 22 9.8 6.1-15.4 219 90.2 84.6-93.9
65+ 310 40 12.6 8.4-18.4 270 87.4 81.6-91.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 299 41 12.7 8.7-18.2 258 87.3 81.8-91.3
Some Post-H.S. 218 27 12.6 8.3-18.7 191 87.4 81.3-91.7
College Graduate 279 28 7.6 4.8-11.7 251 92.4 88.3-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 328 48 14.5 10.3-20.0 280 85.5 80.0-89.7
$50,000+ 287 30 8.8 5.5-13.7 257 91.2 86.3-94.5
Don't know/Not Sure 182 19 11.1 6.4-18.5 163 88.9 81.5-93.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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