TOTAL		AGES 0-14 YEARS				TOTAL		AGES 0-14 YEARS	
	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE			NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE
										
North Carolina	"10,398"	127.0	"3,415"	203.0						
Alamance	157	117.5	65	240.2		Johnston	167	130.7	45	156.8
Alexander	28	82.4	13	186.8		Jones	14	135.9	4	189.9
Alleghany	9	83.8	1	57.9		Lee	82	165.9	22	208.5
Anson	62	244.8	28	530.2		Lenoir	146	246.2	68	557.9
Ashe	18	72.6	9	227.3		Lincoln	64	97.9	24	177.2
Avery	28	158.1	5	179.1		McDowell	24	56	7	85.9
Beaufort	117	258.1	20	231.9		Macon	29	95.3	9	184.8
Bertie	45	226.6	11	268.2		Madison	21	106.2	3	85.2
Bladen	40	123.4	20	303.1		Martin	86	339.4	10	192.4
Brunswick	120	156	27	202.1		Mecklenburg	921	129	320	206.7
Buncombe	279	133.8	51	134.9		Mitchell	13	81.9	0	0
Burke	82	92.1	20	113.2		Montgomery	31	115	3	54.1
Cabarrus	181	132.8	47	158.1		Moore	100	131	20	145.9
Caldwell	93	119.8	44	287.3		Nash	135	152.8	55	294.3
Camden	11	156.6	4	291.3		New Hanover	153	93.4	54	188.3
Carteret	62	104	12	124.5		Northampton	39	177.2	8	187
Caswell	6	25.3	1	22.1		Onslow	183	123.3	58	172.8
Catawba	100	68.9	39	130.6		Orange	33	27.3	13	63.8
Chatham	34	66.7	9	93.4		Pamlico	18	140.1	8	382
Cherokee	18	72.9	2	48.9		Pasquotank	113	322.6	36	510.1
Chowan	19	130.7	7	249.5		Pender	48	114.1	17	213.8
Clay	7	77.6	0	0		Perquimans	24	208.3	4	196.3
Cleveland	166	171.5	39	189.7		Person	48	132.8	12	166.9
Columbus	109	198.8	61	536.6		Pitt	159	117.8	71	264.3
Craven	137	149	32	168.5		Polk	10	53.1	3	95.3
Cumberland	414	137.5	267	373.9		Randolph	123	93.1	39	140.5
Currituck	18	95.5	1	26		Richmond	303	650.6	84	841.7
Dare	15	48.1	1	18.6		Robeson	428	344.8	148	491.4
Davidson	179	120.1	55	182.9		Rockingham	143	155.8	52	291.9
Davie	22	60.7	7	95		Rowan	131	99.4	49	179.9
Duplin	69	139.1	24	221.1		Rutherford	76	119.9	15	119.3
Durham	207	90.8	53	116.3		Sampson	72	118.2	21	158.2
Edgecombe	156	285.2	55	453		Scotland	96	268.7	45	546.3
Forsyth	262	84.4	56	88		Stanly	100	170.1	44	362.5
Franklin	55	112.7	13	124.9		Stokes	21	46.4	4	43.6
Gaston	225	117.7	94	238.4		Surry	68	95.2	21	148.6
Gates	13	123.1	5	224.7		Swain	19	143.9	11	418.6
Graham	4	49.8	2	138.2		Transylvania	26	88.6	11	231.9
Granville	73	147	25	254.7		Tyrrell	3	72.3	3	413.2
Greene	25	131.6	11	279.7		Union	133	100.7	52	163.6
Guilford	463	109.2	137	159.4		Vance	108	247.1	24	238.8
Halifax	116	203	43	357.9		Wake	440	66.8	136	95.5
Harnett	107	114.2	34	158.6		Warren	27	135.1	5	133.2
Haywood	53	97.1	17	183.7		Washington	18	132.4	9	319.3
Henderson	202	220.7	41	258.9		Watauga	29	67.9	9	160.7
Hertford	43	194.1	13	301.1		Wayne	133	117.5	29	117.9
Hoke	30	86.1	15	167.6		Wilkes	94	142.2	21	167.8
Hyde	20	348.3	1	106.5		Wilson	138	185.5	43	273.2
Iredell	224	175.1	92	332.4		Yadkin	34	92.9	7	93.8
Jackson	37	109.9	23	438.4		Yancey	14	77.7	7	219.6


*Data include only N.C. residents served in N.C. hospitals.  These numbers and rates may be smaller than the actual										
asthma-related hospital use for counties that border other states.