BRFSS 2002 - North Carolina: (Symptoms of asthma include cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and phlegm production when you don't have a cold or respiratory infection. During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?*)

	Total Respond.#	None	Less than once a week	Once or twice a week	> Twice a week not every day	Everyday
TOTAL	313	76	24.2	17.2-32.8	69	19.4	13.9-26.3	56	19.9	13.7-27.9	39	9.1	5.5-14.5	73	27.5	20.1-36.4
RACE
White	228	51	21.3	14.0-31.0	50	19.3	13.1-27.6	38	15.6	10.0-23.5	29	10.6	6.1-17.7	60	33.2	24.1-43.8
African American	58	18	37.7	20.4-59.0	12	15.9	7.0-32.0	14	31.4	14.7-54.9	6	4.0	1.5-10.3	8	11.0	4.1-26.1

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having asthma CURRENTLY.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Adult Asthma History--FEMALE Respondents Only

Symptoms of asthma include cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and phlegm production when you don't have a cold or respiratory infection. During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?*

	Total Respond.#	None			Less than once a week			Once or twice a week			> Twice a week not every day			Everyday
	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	313	76	24.2	17.2-32.8	69	19.4	13.9-26.3	56	19.9	13.7-27.9	39	9.1	5.5-14.5	73	27.5	20.1-36.4
RACE
White	228	51	21.3	14.0-31.0	50	19.3	13.1-27.6	38	15.6	10.0-23.5	29	10.6	6.1-17.7	60	33.2	24.1-43.8
African American	58	18	37.7	20.4-59.0	12	15.9	7.0-32.0	14	31.4	14.7-54.9	6	4.0	1.5-10.3	8	11.0	4.1-26.1