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	15,032	1,908	12.9	12.2-13.6	13,124	87.1	86.4-87.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes	12,775	1,605	12.7	12.0-13.5	11,170	87.3	86.5-88.0
No	2,235	301	13.4	11.6-15.4	1,934	86.6	84.6-88.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight	243	30	10.6	6.7-16.5	213	89.4	83.5-93.3
Recommended Range	5,101	553	11.5	10.4-12.7	4,548	88.5	87.3-89.6
Overweight	5,188	605	11.5	10.4-12.7	4,583	88.5	87.3-89.6
Obese	3,679	620	17.0	15.5-18.6	3,059	83.0	81.4-84.5
Current Smoker
No	11,659	1,428	12.3	11.6-13.1	10,231	87.7	86.9-88.4
Yes	3,326	473	14.7	13.2-16.3	2,853	85.3	83.7-86.8
Binge Drinker
No	13,766	1,762	13.1	12.3-13.8	12,004	86.9	86.2-87.7
Yes	1,065	121	11.2	9.0-13.9	944	88.8	86.1-91.0
Heavy Drinker
No	14,429	1,835	13.0	12.3-13.7	12,594	87.0	86.3-87.7
Yes	469	52	9.9	7.1-13.7	417	90.1	86.3-92.9
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	3,202	672	21.3	19.5-23.2	2,530	78.7	76.8-80.5
No	11,778	1,226	10.8	10.1-11.6	10,552	89.2	88.4-89.9
Current Asthma
Yes	1,189	1,189	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
No	13,776	652	5.3	4.8- 5.8	13,124	94.7	94.2-95.2
Diabetes
Yes	1,556	264	17.1	14.9-19.6	1,292	82.9	80.4-85.1
Yes, During Pregnancy	137	24	17.2	11.2-25.3	113	82.8	74.7-88.8
No	13,157	1,589	12.3	11.6-13.1	11,568	87.7	86.9-88.4
No, Bordeline Diabetes	177	31	14.7	9.7-21.8	146	85.3	78.2-90.3

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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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Asthma--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	15,032	1,908	12.9	12.2-13.6	13,124	87.1	86.4-87.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes	12,775	1,605	12.7	12.0-13.5	11,170	87.3	86.5-88.0
No	2,235	301	13.4	11.6-15.4	1,934	86.6	84.6-88.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight	243	30	10.6	6.7-16.5	213	89.4	83.5-93.3
Recommended Range	5,101	553	11.5	10.4-12.7	4,548	88.5	87.3-89.6
Overweight	5,188	605	11.5	10.4-12.7	4,583	88.5	87.3-89.6
Obese	3,679	620	17.0	15.5-18.6	3,059	83.0	81.4-84.5
Current Smoker
No	11,659	1,428	12.3	11.6-13.1	10,231	87.7	86.9-88.4
Yes	3,326	473	14.7	13.2-16.3	2,853	85.3	83.7-86.8
Binge Drinker
No	13,766	1,762	13.1	12.3-13.8	12,004	86.9	86.2-87.7
Yes	1,065	121	11.2	9.0-13.9	944	88.8	86.1-91.0
Heavy Drinker
No	14,429	1,835	13.0	12.3-13.7	12,594	87.0	86.3-87.7
Yes	469	52	9.9	7.1-13.7	417	90.1	86.3-92.9
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	3,202	672	21.3	19.5-23.2	2,530	78.7	76.8-80.5
No	11,778	1,226	10.8	10.1-11.6	10,552	89.2	88.4-89.9
Current Asthma
Yes	1,189	1,189	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
No	13,776	652	5.3	4.8- 5.8	13,124	94.7	94.2-95.2
Diabetes
Yes	1,556	264	17.1	14.9-19.6	1,292	82.9	80.4-85.1
Yes, During Pregnancy	137	24	17.2	11.2-25.3	113	82.8	74.7-88.8
No	13,157	1,589	12.3	11.6-13.1	11,568	87.7	86.9-88.4
No, Bordeline Diabetes	177	31	14.7	9.7-21.8	146	85.3	78.2-90.3