BRFSS 2005 - Catawba County: (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
-Catawba County	33	12	32.3	17.0-52.6	21	67.7	47.4-83.0
GENDER
Male	12	4	28.5	8.7-62.5	8	71.5	37.5-91.3
Female	21	8	35.4	16.4-60.5	13	64.6	39.5-83.6
RACE
White	30	12	38.7	20.9-60.2	18	61.3	39.8-79.1
Other	3	0	0.0	. - .	3	100	. - .
AGE
18-44	9	2	21.2	4.7-59.2	7	78.8	40.8-95.3
45+	24	10	41.5	21.2-65.0	14	58.5	35.0-78.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	20	7	29.4	12.1-55.6	13	70.6	44.4-87.9
Some College +	13	5	39.2	16.4-68.0	8	60.8	32.0-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	21	9	35.2	16.6-59.7	12	64.8	40.3-83.4
$50,000+	6	2	43.5	11.1-82.5	4	56.5	17.5-88.9

*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: Catawba County

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
-Catawba County	33	12	32.3	17.0-52.6	21	67.7	47.4-83.0
GENDER
Male	12	4	28.5	8.7-62.5	8	71.5	37.5-91.3
Female	21	8	35.4	16.4-60.5	13	64.6	39.5-83.6
RACE
White	30	12	38.7	20.9-60.2	18	61.3	39.8-79.1
Other	3	0	0.0	. - .	3	100	. - .
AGE
18-44	9	2	21.2	4.7-59.2	7	78.8	40.8-95.3
45+	24	10	41.5	21.2-65.0	14	58.5	35.0-78.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	20	7	29.4	12.1-55.6	13	70.6	44.4-87.9
Some College +	13	5	39.2	16.4-68.0	8	60.8	32.0-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	21	9	35.2	16.6-59.7	12	64.8	40.3-83.4
$50,000+	6	2	43.5	11.1-82.5	4	56.5	17.5-88.9