2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Do you still have asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,069 440 10.0 8.7-11.5 3,629 90.0 88.5-91.3
Western 530 57 9.6 6.9-13.3 473 90.4 86.7-93.1
GENDER
Male 228 17 8.6 4.9-14.6 211 91.4 85.4-95.1
Female 302 40 10.7 7.1-15.7 262 89.3 84.3-92.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 440 45 9.4 6.5-13.2 395 90.6 86.8-93.5
Non-Hispanic Black 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 99 18 12.7 7.0-22.0 81 87.3 78.0-93.0
65-74 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 170 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 212 22 9.5 5.2-16.7 190 90.5 83.3-94.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 186 37 21.1 14.4-29.9 149 78.9 70.1-85.6
No 324 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 468 51 8.9 6.2-12.5 417 91.1 87.5-93.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 229 18 7.6 4.3-13.2 211 92.4 86.8-95.7
Unemployed 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 196 21 10.8 6.2-18.3 175 89.2 81.7-93.8
Unable to Work 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 270 21 6.0 3.3-10.7 249 94.0 89.3-96.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 388 40 9.1 6.1-13.5 348 90.9 86.5-93.9
Rent 111 15 13.5 7.4-23.3 96 86.5 76.7-92.6
Other arrangement 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 378 42 9.6 6.5-14.1 336 90.4 85.9-93.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 128 16 9.1 5.2-15.6 112 90.9 84.4-94.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 239 24 9.8 5.7-16.2 215 90.2 83.8-94.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 163 17 10.0 5.5-17.3 146 90.0 82.7-94.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 274 32 11.2 7.2-16.9 242 88.8 83.1-92.8
2nd Quartile 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 138 17 11.6 6.5-19.9 121 88.4 80.1-93.5

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*Adults without asthma are included in the denominator to estimate current asthma prevalence

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 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 2023 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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