BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	453	73	14.9	11.2-19.6	380	85.1	80.4-88.8
GENDER
Male	161	24	13.1	7.7-21.6	137	86.9	78.4-92.3
Female	292	49	16.6	12.3-22.1	243	83.4	77.9-87.7
RACE
White	384	60	14.9	10.8-20.2	324	85.1	79.8-89.2
Other	69	13	15.0	7.7-27.2	56	85.0	72.8-92.3
AGE
18-44	170	28	14.2	8.9-22.0	142	85.8	78.0-91.1
45+	281	45	15.9	11.7-21.2	236	84.1	78.8-88.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	34	18.5	11.4-28.4	145	81.5	71.6-88.6
Some College +	271	39	12.7	9.1-17.5	232	87.3	82.5-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	46	14.9	10.7-20.4	216	85.1	79.6-89.3
$50,000+	122	17	12.3	7.5-19.4	105	87.7	80.6-92.5

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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
-Buncombe County	453	73	14.9	11.2-19.6	380	85.1	80.4-88.8
GENDER
Male	161	24	13.1	7.7-21.6	137	86.9	78.4-92.3
Female	292	49	16.6	12.3-22.1	243	83.4	77.9-87.7
RACE
White	384	60	14.9	10.8-20.2	324	85.1	79.8-89.2
Other	69	13	15.0	7.7-27.2	56	85.0	72.8-92.3
AGE
18-44	170	28	14.2	8.9-22.0	142	85.8	78.0-91.1
45+	281	45	15.9	11.7-21.2	236	84.1	78.8-88.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	34	18.5	11.4-28.4	145	81.5	71.6-88.6
Some College +	271	39	12.7	9.1-17.5	232	87.3	82.5-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	46	14.9	10.7-20.4	216	85.1	79.6-89.3
$50,000+	122	17	12.3	7.5-19.4	105	87.7	80.6-92.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Asthma

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