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BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
INDIANA STATEWIDE SURVEY DATA, 2001
*** ASTHMA MODULE ***
M7.2 DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, HAVE YOU HAD AN EPISODE OF ASTHMA OR AN ASTHMA ATTACK?
DENOMINATOR IS RESPONDENTS WHO HAVE ASTHMA NOW

  PERCENTS TOTALS
CATEGORIES: YES NO UNK/REF  
AGE GROUP

      18-24		 *** *** *** 36
      25-34 64.1 31.0 5.0 53
      35-44 69.7 30.3 0 64
      45-54 52.8 45.9 1.3 76
      55-64 *** *** *** 35
      65 + 31.5 65.2 3.3 61
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 2
SEX

      MALE		 40.7 57.9 1.4 91
      FEMALE 62.3 35.6 2.1 236
RACE GROUP

      WHITE, NON-HISPANIC		 52.7 45.8 1.4 282
      BLACK, NON-HISPANIC *** *** *** 23
      OTH/MULTI RACE, NON-HISP. *** *** *** 13
      HISPANIC *** *** *** 7
      REFUSED *** *** *** 2
INCOME GROUP

      < $15,000		 52.1 46.3 1.6 50
      $15-$24,999 55.4 43.0 1.6 72
      $25-$49,999 52.2 45.5 2.3 92
      $50-$74,999 *** *** *** 31
      >=$75,000 *** *** *** 36
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 46
EDUCATION

      < H S GRAD		 47.0 50.5 2.4 54
      H S GRAD OR GED 54.0 42.6 3.3 109
      SOME COLLEGE/TECH SCH 54.6 44.1 1.4 95
      COLLEGE GRAD 63.3 36.7 0 69
MARITAL STATUS

      MARRIED		 53.9 46.1 0 148
      UNMARRIED 56.3 39.6 4.1 178
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS

      EMPLOYED		 54.2 43.5 2.3 187
      NOT EMPLOY *** *** *** 10
      STUDENT/HOMEMAKER *** *** *** 36
      RET/UNABLE TO WORK 55.6 42.2 2.2 94

--- ALL ---		 54.9 43.2 1.9 327

 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, 2001

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