BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	22	11	60.5	32.3-83.2	11	39.5	16.8-67.7
GENDER
Male	5	3	86.8	44.3-98.2	2	13.2	1.8-55.7
Female	17	8	43.2	21.0-68.6	9	56.8	31.4-79.0
RACE
White	18	10	70.8	41.9-89.0	8	29.2	11.0-58.1
Other	4	1	12.4	1.3-61.0	3	87.6	39.0-98.7
AGE
18-44	5	4	78.9	24.8-97.7	1	21.1	2.3-75.2
45+	17	7	43.6	21.9-68.0	10	56.4	32.0-78.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	9	3	38.1	12.5-72.7	6	61.9	27.3-87.5
Some College +	13	8	69.6	32.8-91.5	5	30.4	8.5-67.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	15	7	50.6	25.9-75.0	8	49.4	25.0-74.1
$50,000+	3	2	90.5	41.0-99.2	1	9.5	0.8-59.0

*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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	22	11	60.5	32.3-83.2	11	39.5	16.8-67.7
GENDER
Male	5	3	86.8	44.3-98.2	2	13.2	1.8-55.7
Female	17	8	43.2	21.0-68.6	9	56.8	31.4-79.0
RACE
White	18	10	70.8	41.9-89.0	8	29.2	11.0-58.1
Other	4	1	12.4	1.3-61.0	3	87.6	39.0-98.7
AGE
18-44	5	4	78.9	24.8-97.7	1	21.1	2.3-75.2
45+	17	7	43.6	21.9-68.0	10	56.4	32.0-78.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	9	3	38.1	12.5-72.7	6	61.9	27.3-87.5
Some College +	13	8	69.6	32.8-91.5	5	30.4	8.5-67.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	15	7	50.6	25.9-75.0	8	49.4	25.0-74.1
$50,000+	3	2	90.5	41.0-99.2	1	9.5	0.8-59.0