BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had asthma?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,207	1,849	10.1	9.5-10.7	15,358	89.9	89.3-90.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	409	31	8.2	5.4-12.2	378	91.8	87.8-94.6
GENDER
Male	149	16	10.0	5.5-17.4	133	90.0	82.6-94.5
Female	260	15	6.5	3.7-11.1	245	93.5	88.9-96.3
RACE
White	380	29	8.6	5.6-12.9	351	91.4	87.1-94.4
Other	28	2	5.3	1.2-21.2	26	94.7	78.8-98.8
AGE
18-44	135	13	9.4	5.0-17.2	122	90.6	82.8-95.0
45+	271	17	6.6	4.0-10.6	254	93.4	89.4-96.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	190	17	11.6	6.7-19.3	173	88.4	80.7-93.3
Some College +	216	13	4.9	2.8- 8.7	203	95.1	91.3-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	274	27	11.2	7.2-17.0	247	88.8	83.0-92.8
$50,000+	89	2	1.7	0.4- 6.6	87	98.3	93.4-99.6

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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	17,207	1,849	10.1	9.5-10.7	15,358	89.9	89.3-90.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	409	31	8.2	5.4-12.2	378	91.8	87.8-94.6
GENDER
Male	149	16	10.0	5.5-17.4	133	90.0	82.6-94.5
Female	260	15	6.5	3.7-11.1	245	93.5	88.9-96.3
RACE
White	380	29	8.6	5.6-12.9	351	91.4	87.1-94.4
Other	28	2	5.3	1.2-21.2	26	94.7	78.8-98.8
AGE
18-44	135	13	9.4	5.0-17.2	122	90.6	82.8-95.0
45+	271	17	6.6	4.0-10.6	254	93.4	89.4-96.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	190	17	11.6	6.7-19.3	173	88.4	80.7-93.3
Some College +	216	13	4.9	2.8- 8.7	203	95.1	91.3-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	274	27	11.2	7.2-17.0	247	88.8	83.0-92.8
$50,000+	89	2	1.7	0.4- 6.6	87	98.3	93.4-99.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Asthma

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