2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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 4,493 612 13.7 12.4-15.2 3,881 86.3 84.8-87.6
Western 510 74 15.1 11.2-20.1 436 84.9 79.9-88.8
GENDER
Male 232 29 12.4 8.1-18.5 203 87.6 81.5-91.9
Female 278 45 17.7 11.7-25.7 233 82.3 74.3-88.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 438 62 15.4 11.0-21.0 376 84.6 79.0-89.0
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 90 18 17.2 10.0-28.1 72 82.8 71.9-90.0
35-44 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 153 30 16.2 10.7-23.8 123 83.8 76.2-89.3
College Graduate 217 26 10.5 6.6-16.4 191 89.5 83.6-93.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 176 38 22.2 14.2-32.9 138 77.8 67.1-85.8
No 319 34 10.9 7.3-16.1 285 89.1 83.9-92.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 445 70 16.7 12.2-22.4 375 83.3 77.6-87.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 262 35 12.5 8.4-18.1 227 87.5 81.9-91.6
Unemployed 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 168 21 11.9 6.8-20.0 147 88.1 80.0-93.2
Unable to Work 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 282 35 10.4 7.1-15.0 247 89.6 85.0-92.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 383 51 14.4 9.9-20.6 332 85.6 79.4-90.1
Rent 102 21 19.7 12.6-29.3 81 80.3 70.7-87.4
Other arrangement 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 186 24 12.9 8.0-20.3 162 87.1 79.7-92.0
Rural 324 50 16.1 11.1-22.9 274 83.9 77.1-88.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 173 29 17.2 11.6-24.8 144 82.8 75.2-88.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 200 26 12.1 7.6-18.9 174 87.9 81.1-92.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 296 38 12.9 8.7-18.6 258 87.1 81.4-91.3
2nd Quartile 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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