BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	22	11	55.1	33.0-75.3	11	44.9	24.7-67.0
GENDER
Male	4	2	56.6	13.3-91.7	2	43.4	8.3-86.7
Female	18	9	54.6	30.9-76.4	9	45.4	23.6-69.1
RACE
White	13	8	63.7	34.1-85.6	5	36.3	14.4-65.9
Other	9	3	42.3	14.3-76.3	6	57.7	23.7-85.7
AGE
18-44	5	3	69.2	25.5-93.6	2	30.8	6.4-74.5
45+	17	8	49.6	25.6-73.8	9	50.4	26.2-74.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	6	2	30.9	6.7-73.6	4	69.1	26.4-93.3
Some College +	16	9	61.6	35.7-82.2	7	38.4	17.8-64.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	10	3	27.2	8.2-61.1	7	72.8	38.9-91.8
$50,000+	5	5	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

*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: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	22	11	55.1	33.0-75.3	11	44.9	24.7-67.0
GENDER
Male	4	2	56.6	13.3-91.7	2	43.4	8.3-86.7
Female	18	9	54.6	30.9-76.4	9	45.4	23.6-69.1
RACE
White	13	8	63.7	34.1-85.6	5	36.3	14.4-65.9
Other	9	3	42.3	14.3-76.3	6	57.7	23.7-85.7
AGE
18-44	5	3	69.2	25.5-93.6	2	30.8	6.4-74.5
45+	17	8	49.6	25.6-73.8	9	50.4	26.2-74.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	6	2	30.9	6.7-73.6	4	69.1	26.4-93.3
Some College +	16	9	61.6	35.7-82.2	7	38.4	17.8-64.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	10	3	27.2	8.2-61.1	7	72.8	38.9-91.8
$50,000+	5	5	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .