BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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
-Northeast Partnership II	34	18	56.4	38.3-72.9	16	43.6	27.1-61.7
GENDER
Male	2	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .
Female	32	18	60.2	41.3-76.5	14	39.8	23.5-58.7
RACE
White	24	13	54.3	33.1-74.1	11	45.7	25.9-66.9
Other	10	5	61.5	29.8-85.8	5	38.5	14.2-70.2
AGE
18-44	8	6	70.7	32.0-92.5	2	29.3	7.5-68.0
45+	26	12	49.3	29.7-69.2	14	50.7	30.8-70.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	21	8	42.7	21.6-66.9	13	57.3	33.1-78.4
Some College +	13	10	77.3	46.9-92.9	3	22.7	7.1-53.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	23	11	52.1	30.6-72.8	12	47.9	27.2-69.4
$50,000+	5	3	69.1	25.7-93.5	2	30.9	6.5-74.3

*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: Northeast Partnership II**

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
-Northeast Partnership II	34	18	56.4	38.3-72.9	16	43.6	27.1-61.7
GENDER
Male	2	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .
Female	32	18	60.2	41.3-76.5	14	39.8	23.5-58.7
RACE
White	24	13	54.3	33.1-74.1	11	45.7	25.9-66.9
Other	10	5	61.5	29.8-85.8	5	38.5	14.2-70.2
AGE
18-44	8	6	70.7	32.0-92.5	2	29.3	7.5-68.0
45+	26	12	49.3	29.7-69.2	14	50.7	30.8-70.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	21	8	42.7	21.6-66.9	13	57.3	33.1-78.4
Some College +	13	10	77.3	46.9-92.9	3	22.7	7.1-53.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	23	11	52.1	30.6-72.8	12	47.9	27.2-69.4
$50,000+	5	3	69.1	25.7-93.5	2	30.9	6.5-74.3