BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	426	42	10.1	6.8-14.6	384	89.9	85.4-93.2
GENDER
Male	138	11	9.7	4.3-20.5	127	90.3	79.5-95.7
Female	288	31	10.4	7.1-14.9	257	89.6	85.1-92.9
RACE
White	344	34	10.1	6.4-15.4	310	89.9	84.6-93.6
Other	80	8	10.4	4.8-21.1	72	89.6	78.9-95.2
AGE
18-44	122	9	9.0	3.6-20.8	113	91.0	79.2-96.4
45+	303	33	10.8	7.5-15.1	270	89.2	84.9-92.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	215	13	5.4	3.0- 9.4	202	94.6	90.6-97.0
Some College +	211	29	14.7	9.1-22.8	182	85.3	77.2-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	28	9.9	6.7-14.4	234	90.1	85.6-93.3
$50,000+	105	9	10.5	3.9-25.6	96	89.5	74.4-96.1

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	426	42	10.1	6.8-14.6	384	89.9	85.4-93.2
GENDER
Male	138	11	9.7	4.3-20.5	127	90.3	79.5-95.7
Female	288	31	10.4	7.1-14.9	257	89.6	85.1-92.9
RACE
White	344	34	10.1	6.4-15.4	310	89.9	84.6-93.6
Other	80	8	10.4	4.8-21.1	72	89.6	78.9-95.2
AGE
18-44	122	9	9.0	3.6-20.8	113	91.0	79.2-96.4
45+	303	33	10.8	7.5-15.1	270	89.2	84.9-92.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	215	13	5.4	3.0- 9.4	202	94.6	90.6-97.0
Some College +	211	29	14.7	9.1-22.8	182	85.3	77.2-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	28	9.9	6.7-14.4	234	90.1	85.6-93.3
$50,000+	105	9	10.5	3.9-25.6	96	89.5	74.4-96.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Asthma

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