BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?)

	Total Respond.^	None	Less than once a week	Once or twice a week	> Twice a week not every day	Everyday
North Carolina	1,155	339	30.4	26.9-34.0	224	19.0	16.1-22.2	228	20.6	17.3-24.2	109	8.5	6.8-10.7	255	21.5	18.1-25.4
-Buncombe County	49	14	28.7	16.5-45.1	11	17.5	9.4-30.3	6	9.7	3.9-22.2	8	21.2	10.2-38.8	10	22.9	11.8-39.7
GENDER
Male	12	4	32.4	10.5-66.3	2	10.9	2.3-38.7	1	11.0	1.5-49.5	2	21.7	5.2-58.2	3	24.0	7.3-56.0
Female	37	10	27.1	14.3-45.3	9	20.4	10.3-36.3	5	9.2	3.5-21.9	6	20.9	8.7-42.2	7	22.4	9.9-43.3
RACE
White	39	11	24.9	13.3-41.6	9	19.0	9.6-34.2	5	11.7	4.4-27.7	5	16.2	6.4-35.1	9	28.3	14.5-47.9
Other	10	3	40.3	12.7-75.8	2	13.0	2.9-43.0	1	3.7	0.5-24.1	3	36.2	10.5-73.4	1	6.7	0.9-37.2
AGE
18-44	18	6	34.8	15.6-60.6	5	16.6	6.5-36.5	2	10.5	2.5-34.8	2	15.1	3.6-46.1	3	22.9	7.7-51.5
45+	31	8	22.1	10.7-40.1	6	18.5	8.0-37.1	4	8.9	3.1-22.9	6	27.6	12.4-50.7	7	22.9	10.5-42.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	25	9	33.4	15.9-57.0	3	7.9	2.4-23.0	4	13.7	4.4-35.2	3	17.4	5.0-45.9	6	27.6	11.6-52.6
Some College +	24	5	23.5	9.5-47.2	8	28.2	13.7-49.3	2	5.3	1.2-20.6	5	25.3	10.3-50.1	4	17.7	6.1-41.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	32	9	27.7	13.1-49.2	7	16.2	7.3-32.3	4	10.3	3.3-28.0	4	17.6	5.7-42.7	8	28.3	13.4-50.1
$50,000+	12	4	37.0	14.5-67.0	4	28.6	10.4-58.2	0	0.0	. - .	3	28.5	9.5-60.1	1	5.9	0.8-32.9

*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: Buncombe County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?

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	Total Respond.^	None			Less than once a week			Once or twice a week			> Twice a week not every day			Everyday
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	1,155	339	30.4	26.9-34.0	224	19.0	16.1-22.2	228	20.6	17.3-24.2	109	8.5	6.8-10.7	255	21.5	18.1-25.4
-Buncombe County	49	14	28.7	16.5-45.1	11	17.5	9.4-30.3	6	9.7	3.9-22.2	8	21.2	10.2-38.8	10	22.9	11.8-39.7
GENDER
Male	12	4	32.4	10.5-66.3	2	10.9	2.3-38.7	1	11.0	1.5-49.5	2	21.7	5.2-58.2	3	24.0	7.3-56.0
Female	37	10	27.1	14.3-45.3	9	20.4	10.3-36.3	5	9.2	3.5-21.9	6	20.9	8.7-42.2	7	22.4	9.9-43.3
RACE
White	39	11	24.9	13.3-41.6	9	19.0	9.6-34.2	5	11.7	4.4-27.7	5	16.2	6.4-35.1	9	28.3	14.5-47.9
Other	10	3	40.3	12.7-75.8	2	13.0	2.9-43.0	1	3.7	0.5-24.1	3	36.2	10.5-73.4	1	6.7	0.9-37.2
AGE
18-44	18	6	34.8	15.6-60.6	5	16.6	6.5-36.5	2	10.5	2.5-34.8	2	15.1	3.6-46.1	3	22.9	7.7-51.5
45+	31	8	22.1	10.7-40.1	6	18.5	8.0-37.1	4	8.9	3.1-22.9	6	27.6	12.4-50.7	7	22.9	10.5-42.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	25	9	33.4	15.9-57.0	3	7.9	2.4-23.0	4	13.7	4.4-35.2	3	17.4	5.0-45.9	6	27.6	11.6-52.6
Some College +	24	5	23.5	9.5-47.2	8	28.2	13.7-49.3	2	5.3	1.2-20.6	5	25.3	10.3-50.1	4	17.7	6.1-41.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	32	9	27.7	13.1-49.2	7	16.2	7.3-32.3	4	10.3	3.3-28.0	4	17.6	5.7-42.7	8	28.3	13.4-50.1
$50,000+	12	4	37.0	14.5-67.0	4	28.6	10.4-58.2	0	0.0	. - .	3	28.5	9.5-60.1	1	5.9	0.8-32.9