BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	365	57	16.3	12.3-21.3	308	83.7	78.7-87.7
GENDER
Male	141	20	15.4	9.6-23.7	121	84.6	76.3-90.4
Female	224	37	17.2	12.2-23.6	187	82.8	76.4-87.8
RACE
White	323	50	15.1	11.3-19.9	273	84.9	80.1-88.7
Other	40	7	24.9	11.2-46.5	33	75.1	53.5-88.8
AGE
18-44	134	18	13.5	7.8-22.3	116	86.5	77.7-92.2
45+	231	39	18.2	13.2-24.7	192	81.8	75.3-86.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	24	20.0	12.8-29.9	107	80.0	70.1-87.2
Some College +	234	33	14.1	9.9-19.8	201	85.9	80.2-90.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	33	14.8	10.3-20.9	174	85.2	79.1-89.7
$50,000+	89	13	15.8	9.1-26.0	76	84.2	74.0-90.9

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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
-Buncombe County	365	57	16.3	12.3-21.3	308	83.7	78.7-87.7
GENDER
Male	141	20	15.4	9.6-23.7	121	84.6	76.3-90.4
Female	224	37	17.2	12.2-23.6	187	82.8	76.4-87.8
RACE
White	323	50	15.1	11.3-19.9	273	84.9	80.1-88.7
Other	40	7	24.9	11.2-46.5	33	75.1	53.5-88.8
AGE
18-44	134	18	13.5	7.8-22.3	116	86.5	77.7-92.2
45+	231	39	18.2	13.2-24.7	192	81.8	75.3-86.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	24	20.0	12.8-29.9	107	80.0	70.1-87.2
Some College +	234	33	14.1	9.9-19.8	201	85.9	80.2-90.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	33	14.8	10.3-20.9	174	85.2	79.1-89.7
$50,000+	89	13	15.8	9.1-26.0	76	84.2	74.0-90.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Asthma

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