BRFSS 2005 - Wake County: (Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had asthma?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,207	1,849	10.1	9.5-10.7	15,358	89.9	89.3-90.5
-Wake County	861	77	7.6	5.9- 9.9	784	92.4	90.1-94.1
GENDER
Male	331	22	5.1	3.2- 7.9	309	94.9	92.1-96.8
Female	530	55	10.4	7.5-14.1	475	89.6	85.9-92.5
RACE
White	639	60	8.7	6.5-11.7	579	91.3	88.3-93.5
Other	213	17	5.4	3.1- 9.3	196	94.6	90.7-96.9
AGE
18-44	419	39	7.8	5.3-11.1	380	92.2	88.9-94.7
45+	440	38	7.5	5.3-10.5	402	92.5	89.5-94.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	18	5.9	3.5-10.0	198	94.1	90.0-96.5
Some College +	643	59	8.3	6.2-11.2	584	91.7	88.8-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	348	36	9.5	6.2-14.1	312	90.5	85.9-93.8
$50,000+	398	30	6.2	4.2- 9.1	368	93.8	90.9-95.8

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^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.

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,207	1,849	10.1	9.5-10.7	15,358	89.9	89.3-90.5
-Wake County	861	77	7.6	5.9- 9.9	784	92.4	90.1-94.1
GENDER
Male	331	22	5.1	3.2- 7.9	309	94.9	92.1-96.8
Female	530	55	10.4	7.5-14.1	475	89.6	85.9-92.5
RACE
White	639	60	8.7	6.5-11.7	579	91.3	88.3-93.5
Other	213	17	5.4	3.1- 9.3	196	94.6	90.7-96.9
AGE
18-44	419	39	7.8	5.3-11.1	380	92.2	88.9-94.7
45+	440	38	7.5	5.3-10.5	402	92.5	89.5-94.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	18	5.9	3.5-10.0	198	94.1	90.0-96.5
Some College +	643	59	8.3	6.2-11.2	584	91.7	88.8-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	348	36	9.5	6.2-14.1	312	90.5	85.9-93.8
$50,000+	398	30	6.2	4.2- 9.1	368	93.8	90.9-95.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Asthma

Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had asthma?