BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg County: (Do you still have asthma?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,965	1,189	7.6	7.0- 8.1	13,776	92.4	91.9-93.0
-Mecklenburg County	642	41	6.6	4.6- 9.3	601	93.4	90.7-95.4
GENDER
Male	250	14	5.8	3.3-10.2	236	94.2	89.8-96.7
Female	392	27	7.4	4.8-11.2	365	92.6	88.8-95.2
RACE
White	442	30	6.4	4.2- 9.6	412	93.6	90.4-95.8
Other	195	10	6.8	3.5-12.9	185	93.2	87.1-96.5
AGE
18-44	322	13	4.3	2.4- 7.6	309	95.7	92.4-97.6
45+	318	28	9.3	6.0-14.1	290	90.7	85.9-94.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	182	13	6.8	3.5-12.8	169	93.2	87.2-96.5
Some College +	459	28	6.5	4.3- 9.7	431	93.5	90.3-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	21	8.5	5.1-13.9	244	91.5	86.1-94.9
$50,000+	245	8	4.1	2.0- 8.3	237	95.9	91.7-98.0

*Adults without asthma are included in the denominator to estimate current asthma prevalence.

^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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Asthma

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,965	1,189	7.6	7.0- 8.1	13,776	92.4	91.9-93.0
-Mecklenburg County	642	41	6.6	4.6- 9.3	601	93.4	90.7-95.4
GENDER
Male	250	14	5.8	3.3-10.2	236	94.2	89.8-96.7
Female	392	27	7.4	4.8-11.2	365	92.6	88.8-95.2
RACE
White	442	30	6.4	4.2- 9.6	412	93.6	90.4-95.8
Other	195	10	6.8	3.5-12.9	185	93.2	87.1-96.5
AGE
18-44	322	13	4.3	2.4- 7.6	309	95.7	92.4-97.6
45+	318	28	9.3	6.0-14.1	290	90.7	85.9-94.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	182	13	6.8	3.5-12.8	169	93.2	87.2-96.5
Some College +	459	28	6.5	4.3- 9.7	431	93.5	90.3-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	21	8.5	5.1-13.9	244	91.5	86.1-94.9
$50,000+	245	8	4.1	2.0- 8.3	237	95.9	91.7-98.0