BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had asthma?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	15,032	1,908	12.9	12.2-13.6	13,124	87.1	86.4-87.8
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	418	68	15.7	12.2-19.9	350	84.3	80.1-87.8
GENDER
Male	161	21	12.2	7.8-18.7	140	87.8	81.3-92.2
Female	257	47	19.2	14.4-25.0	210	80.8	75.0-85.6
RACE
White	318	59	18.2	14.0-23.4	259	81.8	76.6-86.0
Other	98	9	7.7	3.8-15.1	89	92.3	84.9-96.2
AGE
18-44	145	20	12.9	8.1-19.7	125	87.1	80.3-91.9
45+	270	48	17.5	13.0-23.2	222	82.5	76.8-87.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	212	38	16.4	11.8-22.5	174	83.6	77.5-88.2
Some College +	205	30	14.9	10.2-21.3	175	85.1	78.7-89.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	240	41	15.5	11.2-20.9	199	84.5	79.1-88.8
$50,000+	81	6	9.7	4.0-21.8	75	90.3	78.2-96.0

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	15,032	1,908	12.9	12.2-13.6	13,124	87.1	86.4-87.8
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	418	68	15.7	12.2-19.9	350	84.3	80.1-87.8
GENDER
Male	161	21	12.2	7.8-18.7	140	87.8	81.3-92.2
Female	257	47	19.2	14.4-25.0	210	80.8	75.0-85.6
RACE
White	318	59	18.2	14.0-23.4	259	81.8	76.6-86.0
Other	98	9	7.7	3.8-15.1	89	92.3	84.9-96.2
AGE
18-44	145	20	12.9	8.1-19.7	125	87.1	80.3-91.9
45+	270	48	17.5	13.0-23.2	222	82.5	76.8-87.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	212	38	16.4	11.8-22.5	174	83.6	77.5-88.2
Some College +	205	30	14.9	10.2-21.3	175	85.1	78.7-89.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	240	41	15.5	11.2-20.9	199	84.5	79.1-88.8
$50,000+	81	6	9.7	4.0-21.8	75	90.3	78.2-96.0

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Asthma

Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had asthma?