BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	881	103	11.7	9.3-14.7	778	88.3	85.3-90.7
GENDER
Male	314	34	10.3	6.8-15.3	280	89.7	84.7-93.2
Female	567	69	13.1	10.1-16.9	498	86.9	83.1-89.9
RACE
White	601	75	12.8	9.7-16.6	526	87.2	83.4-90.3
Other	276	26	9.2	5.8-14.3	250	90.8	85.7-94.2
AGE
18-44	346	47	13.8	10.0-18.9	299	86.2	81.1-90.0
45+	526	55	9.4	7.0-12.4	471	90.6	87.6-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	21	8.1	4.2-14.9	211	91.9	85.1-95.8
Some College +	647	81	13.0	10.2-16.4	566	87.0	83.6-89.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	362	50	12.1	8.7-16.6	312	87.9	83.4-91.3
$50,000+	385	38	11.3	7.7-16.4	347	88.7	83.6-92.3

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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
-Mecklenburg County	881	103	11.7	9.3-14.7	778	88.3	85.3-90.7
GENDER
Male	314	34	10.3	6.8-15.3	280	89.7	84.7-93.2
Female	567	69	13.1	10.1-16.9	498	86.9	83.1-89.9
RACE
White	601	75	12.8	9.7-16.6	526	87.2	83.4-90.3
Other	276	26	9.2	5.8-14.3	250	90.8	85.7-94.2
AGE
18-44	346	47	13.8	10.0-18.9	299	86.2	81.1-90.0
45+	526	55	9.4	7.0-12.4	471	90.6	87.6-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	21	8.1	4.2-14.9	211	91.9	85.1-95.8
Some College +	647	81	13.0	10.2-16.4	566	87.0	83.6-89.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	362	50	12.1	8.7-16.6	312	87.9	83.4-91.3
$50,000+	385	38	11.3	7.7-16.4	347	88.7	83.6-92.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Asthma

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