BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina: (Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had asthma?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
TOTAL	895	107	12.8	10.2-15.8	788	87.2	84.2-89.8
AGE
18-24	60	9	20.3	9.9-37.2	51	79.7	62.8-90.1
25-34	141	23	16.1	10.2-24.5	118	83.9	75.5-89.8
35-44	178	26	17.4	11.3-25.7	152	82.6	74.3-88.7
45-54	177	16	11.2	6.3-19.0	161	88.8	81.0-93.7
55-64	168	13	6.1	3.3-10.9	155	93.9	89.1-96.7
65-74	105	12	9.8	5.2-17.7	93	90.2	82.3-94.8
75+	61	7	6.9	2.9-15.8	54	93.1	84.2-97.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	222	33	17.2	11.6-24.8	189	82.8	75.2-88.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	336	33	10.2	6.8-14.8	303	89.8	85.2-93.2
Some Post-H.S.	191	24	14.0	8.9-21.3	167	86.0	78.7-91.1
College Graduate	143	15	9.6	5.2-17.3	128	90.4	82.7-94.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	146	21	11.8	7.3-18.4	125	88.2	81.6-92.7
$15,000- 24,999	178	14	7.9	4.1-14.6	164	92.1	85.4-95.9
$25,000- 34,999	111	12	11.3	6.0-20.1	99	88.7	79.9-94.0
$35,000- 49,999	123	20	20.9	13.2-31.5	103	79.1	68.5-86.8
$50,000-74,999	99	11	11.0	5.6-20.4	88	89.0	79.6-94.4
$75,000+	65	9	12.8	5.6-26.6	56	87.2	73.4-94.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	309	53	16.6	12.4-22.0	256	83.4	78.0-87.6
No	543	50	11.1	8.1-15.1	493	88.9	84.9-91.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	262	24	9.4	5.8-15.0	238	90.6	85.0-94.2
Non-Veteran	599	82	14.6	11.4-18.5	517	85.4	81.5-88.6
Currently Serving	28	1	4.1	0.6-24.2	27	95.9	75.8-99.4

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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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Asthma-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	895	107	12.8	10.2-15.8	788	87.2	84.2-89.8
AGE
18-24	60	9	20.3	9.9-37.2	51	79.7	62.8-90.1
25-34	141	23	16.1	10.2-24.5	118	83.9	75.5-89.8
35-44	178	26	17.4	11.3-25.7	152	82.6	74.3-88.7
45-54	177	16	11.2	6.3-19.0	161	88.8	81.0-93.7
55-64	168	13	6.1	3.3-10.9	155	93.9	89.1-96.7
65-74	105	12	9.8	5.2-17.7	93	90.2	82.3-94.8
75+	61	7	6.9	2.9-15.8	54	93.1	84.2-97.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	222	33	17.2	11.6-24.8	189	82.8	75.2-88.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	336	33	10.2	6.8-14.8	303	89.8	85.2-93.2
Some Post-H.S.	191	24	14.0	8.9-21.3	167	86.0	78.7-91.1
College Graduate	143	15	9.6	5.2-17.3	128	90.4	82.7-94.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	146	21	11.8	7.3-18.4	125	88.2	81.6-92.7
$15,000- 24,999	178	14	7.9	4.1-14.6	164	92.1	85.4-95.9
$25,000- 34,999	111	12	11.3	6.0-20.1	99	88.7	79.9-94.0
$35,000- 49,999	123	20	20.9	13.2-31.5	103	79.1	68.5-86.8
$50,000-74,999	99	11	11.0	5.6-20.4	88	89.0	79.6-94.4
$75,000+	65	9	12.8	5.6-26.6	56	87.2	73.4-94.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	309	53	16.6	12.4-22.0	256	83.4	78.0-87.6
No	543	50	11.1	8.1-15.1	493	88.9	84.9-91.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	262	24	9.4	5.8-15.0	238	90.6	85.0-94.2
Non-Veteran	599	82	14.6	11.4-18.5	517	85.4	81.5-88.6
Currently Serving	28	1	4.1	0.6-24.2	27	95.9	75.8-99.4