BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	509	50	10.2	7.3-13.9	459	89.8	86.1-92.7
GENDER
Male	179	13	9.2	5.0-16.3	166	90.8	83.7-95.0
Female	330	37	11.0	7.8-15.4	293	89.0	84.6-92.2
RACE
White	449	44	10.1	7.2-14.2	405	89.9	85.8-92.8
Other	60	6	10.3	3.8-25.0	54	89.7	75.0-96.2
AGE
18-44	178	23	12.0	7.5-18.7	155	88.0	81.3-92.5
45+	330	27	8.3	5.4-12.5	303	91.7	87.5-94.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	291	29	11.3	7.3-17.1	262	88.7	82.9-92.7
Some College +	216	21	8.5	5.3-13.3	195	91.5	86.7-94.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	318	37	13.4	9.2-19.2	281	86.6	80.8-90.8
$50,000+	120	7	5.8	2.7-12.2	113	94.2	87.8-97.3

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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: 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	509	50	10.2	7.3-13.9	459	89.8	86.1-92.7
GENDER
Male	179	13	9.2	5.0-16.3	166	90.8	83.7-95.0
Female	330	37	11.0	7.8-15.4	293	89.0	84.6-92.2
RACE
White	449	44	10.1	7.2-14.2	405	89.9	85.8-92.8
Other	60	6	10.3	3.8-25.0	54	89.7	75.0-96.2
AGE
18-44	178	23	12.0	7.5-18.7	155	88.0	81.3-92.5
45+	330	27	8.3	5.4-12.5	303	91.7	87.5-94.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	291	29	11.3	7.3-17.1	262	88.7	82.9-92.7
Some College +	216	21	8.5	5.3-13.3	195	91.5	86.7-94.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	318	37	13.4	9.2-19.2	281	86.6	80.8-90.8
$50,000+	120	7	5.8	2.7-12.2	113	94.2	87.8-97.3

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

Asthma

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