BRFSS 2005 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	30	16	54.1	31.4-75.3	14	45.9	24.7-68.6
GENDER
Male	12	7	53.5	19.3-84.7	5	46.5	15.3-80.7
Female	18	9	54.8	29.1-78.1	9	45.2	21.9-70.9
RACE
White	27	15	57.6	32.6-79.2	12	42.4	20.8-67.4
Other	3	1	20.1	2.0-75.5	2	79.9	24.5-98.0
AGE
18-44	14	10	54.8	24.0-82.4	4	45.2	17.6-76.0
45+	16	6	52.9	26.1-78.2	10	47.1	21.8-73.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	23	13	56.3	28.9-80.3	10	43.7	19.7-71.1
Some College +	7	3	47.9	13.9-84.0	4	52.1	16.0-86.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	24	15	73.4	51.2-87.9	9	26.6	12.1-48.8
$50,000+	1	1	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: Rowan 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
-Rowan County	30	16	54.1	31.4-75.3	14	45.9	24.7-68.6
GENDER
Male	12	7	53.5	19.3-84.7	5	46.5	15.3-80.7
Female	18	9	54.8	29.1-78.1	9	45.2	21.9-70.9
RACE
White	27	15	57.6	32.6-79.2	12	42.4	20.8-67.4
Other	3	1	20.1	2.0-75.5	2	79.9	24.5-98.0
AGE
18-44	14	10	54.8	24.0-82.4	4	45.2	17.6-76.0
45+	16	6	52.9	26.1-78.2	10	47.1	21.8-73.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	23	13	56.3	28.9-80.3	10	43.7	19.7-71.1
Some College +	7	3	47.9	13.9-84.0	4	52.1	16.0-86.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	24	15	73.4	51.2-87.9	9	26.6	12.1-48.8
$50,000+	1	1	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .