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BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
INDIANA STATEWIDE SURVEY DATA, 2002
Q5.2 DO YOU STILL HAVE ASTHMA?
DENOMINATOR IS RESPONDENTS THAT WERE TOLD THEY HAD ASTHMA

  PERCENTS  
CATEGORIES YES NO UNK/REF TOTAL
AGE GROUP

      18-24
56.3 39.9 3.8 59
      25-34 56.7 39.0 4.2 125
      35-44 68.1 28.2 3.7 153
      45-54 75.8 22.5 1.8 128
      55-64 70.9 25.1 4.0 90
      65-74 80.3 18.6 1.1 57
      75 + *** *** *** 46
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 7
SEX

      MALE
51.6 43.4 5.0 223
      FEMALE 77.0 21.0 2.1 442
RACE GROUP

      WHITE, NON-HISPANIC
64.7 33.1 2.2 561
      BLACK, NON-HISPANIC *** *** *** 40
      OTH/MULTI RACE, NON-HISP. *** *** *** 34
      HISPANIC *** *** *** 16
      REFUSED *** *** *** 14
INCOME GROUP

      < $15,000
80.4 18.3 1.3 102
      $15-$24,999 69.3 28.2 2.6 117
      $25-$49,999 62.0 33.3 4.7 193
      $50-$74,999 65.3 32.8 1.9 77
      >=$75,000 58.1 40.4 1.5 87
      UNK/REF 68.0 25.9 6.1 89
EDUCATION

      < H S GRAD
74.3 15.8 9.9 101
      H S GRAD OR GED 68.2 30.8 1.0 231
      SOME COLLEGE/TECH SCH 62.4 34.1 3.5 172
      COLLEGE GRAD 63.3 34.6 2.1 160
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 1
MARITAL STATUS

      MARRIED
67.1 29.2 3.7 313
      UNMARRIED 65.4 31.7 2.8 352
EMPLOYMENT STATUS

      EMPLOYED
61.2 35.0 3.8 389
      NOT EMPLOYED *** *** *** 34
      STUDENT/HOMEMAKER 71.2 28.2 0.6 83
      RET/UNABLE TO WORK 78.4 19.8 1.8 159

--- ALL ---
66.3 30.4 3.3 665

 NOTES:      Percents are based on weighted data; totals are unweighted numbers.
                   *** Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

 SOURCE:   Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002

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