BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	58	20	30.6	19.0-45.4	38	69.4	54.6-81.0
GENDER
Male	17	2	9.8	2.1-35.7	15	90.2	64.3-97.9
Female	41	18	42.8	26.3-61.1	23	57.2	38.9-73.7
RACE
White	41	12	31.4	17.4-49.9	29	68.6	50.1-82.6
Other	15	6	21.4	7.9-46.2	9	78.6	53.8-92.1
AGE
18-44	29	10	29.7	15.4-49.5	19	70.3	50.5-84.6
45+	29	10	32.8	17.5-52.8	19	67.2	47.2-82.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	12	5	36.8	14.2-67.1	7	63.2	32.9-85.8
Some College +	45	15	30.9	17.9-47.7	30	69.1	52.3-82.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	31	14	40.5	22.4-61.7	17	59.5	38.3-77.6
$50,000+	21	5	20.1	7.7-43.0	16	79.9	57.0-92.3

*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: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	58	20	30.6	19.0-45.4	38	69.4	54.6-81.0
GENDER
Male	17	2	9.8	2.1-35.7	15	90.2	64.3-97.9
Female	41	18	42.8	26.3-61.1	23	57.2	38.9-73.7
RACE
White	41	12	31.4	17.4-49.9	29	68.6	50.1-82.6
Other	15	6	21.4	7.9-46.2	9	78.6	53.8-92.1
AGE
18-44	29	10	29.7	15.4-49.5	19	70.3	50.5-84.6
45+	29	10	32.8	17.5-52.8	19	67.2	47.2-82.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	12	5	36.8	14.2-67.1	7	63.2	32.9-85.8
Some College +	45	15	30.9	17.9-47.7	30	69.1	52.3-82.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	31	14	40.5	22.4-61.7	17	59.5	38.3-77.6
$50,000+	21	5	20.1	7.7-43.0	16	79.9	57.0-92.3