BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	601	104	18.0	14.3-22.4	497	82.0	77.6-85.7
GENDER
Male	215	34	19.4	13.5-27.2	181	80.6	72.8-86.5
Female	386	70	16.8	12.7-21.8	316	83.2	78.2-87.3
RACE
White	506	87	18.7	14.8-23.4	419	81.3	76.6-85.2
Other	92	15	11.8	4.1-29.5	77	88.2	70.5-95.9
AGE
18-44	203	41	24.4	17.3-33.2	162	75.6	66.8-82.7
45+	393	63	14.4	10.7-19.1	330	85.6	80.9-89.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	287	48	16.3	11.6-22.6	239	83.7	77.4-88.4
Some College +	310	55	19.7	14.4-26.2	255	80.3	73.8-85.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	346	58	17.4	12.8-23.2	288	82.6	76.8-87.2
$50,000+	123	20	14.3	8.7-22.7	103	85.7	77.3-91.3

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	601	104	18.0	14.3-22.4	497	82.0	77.6-85.7
GENDER
Male	215	34	19.4	13.5-27.2	181	80.6	72.8-86.5
Female	386	70	16.8	12.7-21.8	316	83.2	78.2-87.3
RACE
White	506	87	18.7	14.8-23.4	419	81.3	76.6-85.2
Other	92	15	11.8	4.1-29.5	77	88.2	70.5-95.9
AGE
18-44	203	41	24.4	17.3-33.2	162	75.6	66.8-82.7
45+	393	63	14.4	10.7-19.1	330	85.6	80.9-89.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	287	48	16.3	11.6-22.6	239	83.7	77.4-88.4
Some College +	310	55	19.7	14.4-26.2	255	80.3	73.8-85.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	346	58	17.4	12.8-23.2	288	82.6	76.8-87.2
$50,000+	123	20	14.3	8.7-22.7	103	85.7	77.3-91.3

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

Asthma

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