BRFSS 2005 - Orange 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
-Orange County	30	20	60.6	39.7-78.3	10	39.4	21.7-60.3
GENDER
Male	2	1	28.8	2.5-86.6	1	71.2	13.4-97.5
Female	28	19	63.3	41.5-80.8	9	36.7	19.2-58.5
RACE
White	25	18	64.1	40.9-82.1	7	35.9	17.9-59.1
Other	5	2	51.8	13.7-87.9	3	48.2	12.1-86.3
AGE
18-44	11	6	47.3	20.1-76.1	5	52.7	23.9-79.9
45+	19	14	70.7	42.4-88.8	5	29.3	11.2-57.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	7	5	56.9	19.5-87.7	2	43.1	12.3-80.5
Some College +	23	15	61.9	38.0-81.1	8	38.1	18.9-62.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	15	12	71.9	40.0-90.8	3	28.1	9.2-60.0
$50,000+	9	5	55.6	22.5-84.4	4	44.4	15.6-77.5

*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: Orange 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
-Orange County	30	20	60.6	39.7-78.3	10	39.4	21.7-60.3
GENDER
Male	2	1	28.8	2.5-86.6	1	71.2	13.4-97.5
Female	28	19	63.3	41.5-80.8	9	36.7	19.2-58.5
RACE
White	25	18	64.1	40.9-82.1	7	35.9	17.9-59.1
Other	5	2	51.8	13.7-87.9	3	48.2	12.1-86.3
AGE
18-44	11	6	47.3	20.1-76.1	5	52.7	23.9-79.9
45+	19	14	70.7	42.4-88.8	5	29.3	11.2-57.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	7	5	56.9	19.5-87.7	2	43.1	12.3-80.5
Some College +	23	15	61.9	38.0-81.1	8	38.1	18.9-62.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	15	12	71.9	40.0-90.8	3	28.1	9.2-60.0
$50,000+	9	5	55.6	22.5-84.4	4	44.4	15.6-77.5