BRFSS 2005 - Union 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
-Union County	22	10	43.9	22.0-68.5	12	56.1	31.5-78.0
GENDER
Male	7	4	60.2	23.8-88.0	3	39.8	12.0-76.2
Female	15	6	30.9	11.3-60.9	9	69.1	39.1-88.7
RACE
White	20	10	48.4	24.1-73.5	10	51.6	26.5-75.9
Other	2	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .
AGE
18-44	10	6	52.4	20.8-82.2	4	47.6	17.8-79.2
45+	12	4	27.9	9.4-59.0	8	72.1	41.0-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	7	2	18.5	3.3-60.3	5	81.5	39.7-96.7
Some College +	15	8	56.4	28.7-80.6	7	43.6	19.4-71.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	11	5	38.8	14.4-70.6	6	61.2	29.4-85.6
$50,000+	9	5	51.6	19.1-82.8	4	48.4	17.2-80.9

*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: Union 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
-Union County	22	10	43.9	22.0-68.5	12	56.1	31.5-78.0
GENDER
Male	7	4	60.2	23.8-88.0	3	39.8	12.0-76.2
Female	15	6	30.9	11.3-60.9	9	69.1	39.1-88.7
RACE
White	20	10	48.4	24.1-73.5	10	51.6	26.5-75.9
Other	2	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .
AGE
18-44	10	6	52.4	20.8-82.2	4	47.6	17.8-79.2
45+	12	4	27.9	9.4-59.0	8	72.1	41.0-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	7	2	18.5	3.3-60.3	5	81.5	39.7-96.7
Some College +	15	8	56.4	28.7-80.6	7	43.6	19.4-71.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	11	5	38.8	14.4-70.6	6	61.2	29.4-85.6
$50,000+	9	5	51.6	19.1-82.8	4	48.4	17.2-80.9