BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	643	75	12.3	9.5-15.6	568	87.7	84.4-90.5
GENDER
Male	250	27	11.9	7.9-17.6	223	88.1	82.4-92.1
Female	393	48	12.6	9.2-16.9	345	87.4	83.1-90.8
RACE
White	443	59	13.9	10.5-18.3	384	86.1	81.7-89.5
Other	195	15	8.9	5.1-14.9	180	91.1	85.1-94.9
AGE
18-44	322	33	11.6	8.1-16.5	289	88.4	83.5-91.9
45+	319	42	13.1	9.3-18.2	277	86.9	81.8-90.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	183	20	12.7	7.6-20.3	163	87.3	79.7-92.4
Some College +	459	55	12.1	9.1-15.9	404	87.9	84.1-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	266	33	13.0	8.8-18.8	233	87.0	81.2-91.2
$50,000+	245	23	11.4	7.3-17.4	222	88.6	82.6-92.7

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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
-Mecklenburg County	643	75	12.3	9.5-15.6	568	87.7	84.4-90.5
GENDER
Male	250	27	11.9	7.9-17.6	223	88.1	82.4-92.1
Female	393	48	12.6	9.2-16.9	345	87.4	83.1-90.8
RACE
White	443	59	13.9	10.5-18.3	384	86.1	81.7-89.5
Other	195	15	8.9	5.1-14.9	180	91.1	85.1-94.9
AGE
18-44	322	33	11.6	8.1-16.5	289	88.4	83.5-91.9
45+	319	42	13.1	9.3-18.2	277	86.9	81.8-90.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	183	20	12.7	7.6-20.3	163	87.3	79.7-92.4
Some College +	459	55	12.1	9.1-15.9	404	87.9	84.1-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	266	33	13.0	8.8-18.8	233	87.0	81.2-91.2
$50,000+	245	23	11.4	7.3-17.4	222	88.6	82.6-92.7

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Asthma

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