BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties: (During the past 12 months, have you had an episode of asthma or an asthma attack?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,072	554	50.6	46.5-54.8	518	49.4	45.2-53.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	27	18	50.3	28.3-72.2	9	49.7	27.8-71.7
GENDER
Male	5	3	31.5	6.5-75.1	2	68.5	24.9-93.5
Female	22	15	60.3	36.5-80.1	7	39.7	19.9-63.5
RACE
White	22	15	51.0	26.7-74.8	7	49.0	25.2-73.3
Other	5	3	46.1	11.8-84.5	2	53.9	15.5-88.2
AGE
18-44	14	8	38.8	16.4-67.3	6	61.2	32.7-83.6
45+	13	10	71.1	35.3-91.7	3	28.9	8.3-64.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	14	6	28.4	10.4-57.7	8	71.6	42.3-89.6
Some College +	13	12	89.6	52.3-98.5	1	10.4	1.5-47.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	19	10	36.6	16.8-62.4	9	63.4	37.6-83.2
$50,000+	4	4	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

*These data apply only to those with current asthma

^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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Asthma

During the past 12 months, have you had an episode of asthma or an asthma attack?*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	1,072	554	50.6	46.5-54.8	518	49.4	45.2-53.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	27	18	50.3	28.3-72.2	9	49.7	27.8-71.7
GENDER
Male	5	3	31.5	6.5-75.1	2	68.5	24.9-93.5
Female	22	15	60.3	36.5-80.1	7	39.7	19.9-63.5
RACE
White	22	15	51.0	26.7-74.8	7	49.0	25.2-73.3
Other	5	3	46.1	11.8-84.5	2	53.9	15.5-88.2
AGE
18-44	14	8	38.8	16.4-67.3	6	61.2	32.7-83.6
45+	13	10	71.1	35.3-91.7	3	28.9	8.3-64.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	14	6	28.4	10.4-57.7	8	71.6	42.3-89.6
Some College +	13	12	89.6	52.3-98.5	1	10.4	1.5-47.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	19	10	36.6	16.8-62.4	9	63.4	37.6-83.2
$50,000+	4	4	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .