BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	50	24	49.1	32.5-65.9	26	50.9	34.1-67.5
GENDER
Male	12	5	32.5	12.1-62.7	7	67.5	37.3-87.9
Female	38	19	55.4	35.7-73.5	19	44.6	26.5-64.3
RACE
White	40	19	49.5	30.9-68.3	21	50.5	31.7-69.1
Other	10	5	47.3	17.2-79.5	5	52.7	20.5-82.8
AGE
18-44	27	15	54.2	31.9-75.0	12	45.8	25.0-68.1
45+	23	9	39.4	20.0-62.9	14	60.6	37.1-80.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	13	5	25.5	8.8-54.8	8	74.5	45.2-91.2
Some College +	37	19	57.0	37.5-74.5	18	43.0	25.5-62.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	25	11	49.1	25.0-73.7	14	50.9	26.3-75.0
$50,000+	16	7	41.3	19.7-66.9	9	58.7	33.1-80.3

*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: Wake 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
-Wake County	50	24	49.1	32.5-65.9	26	50.9	34.1-67.5
GENDER
Male	12	5	32.5	12.1-62.7	7	67.5	37.3-87.9
Female	38	19	55.4	35.7-73.5	19	44.6	26.5-64.3
RACE
White	40	19	49.5	30.9-68.3	21	50.5	31.7-69.1
Other	10	5	47.3	17.2-79.5	5	52.7	20.5-82.8
AGE
18-44	27	15	54.2	31.9-75.0	12	45.8	25.0-68.1
45+	23	9	39.4	20.0-62.9	14	60.6	37.1-80.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	13	5	25.5	8.8-54.8	8	74.5	45.2-91.2
Some College +	37	19	57.0	37.5-74.5	18	43.0	25.5-62.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	25	11	49.1	25.0-73.7	14	50.9	26.3-75.0
$50,000+	16	7	41.3	19.7-66.9	9	58.7	33.1-80.3