BRFSS 2002 - North Carolina: ((Besides those emergency room visit)During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*)

	Total Respond.#	Once	Twice	Three or more times	None
TOTAL	410	55	15.7	10.4-22.9	36	8.9	4.9-15.7	61	14.9	10.3-21.0	258	60.5	52.4-68.1
GENDER
Male	100	8	12.3	4.6-28.9	6	9.7	2.6-30.2	18	15.1	8.0-26.8	68	62.9	46.6-76.8
Female	310	47	17.6	11.4-26.1	30	8.5	5.1-13.8	43	14.8	9.4-22.4	190	59.2	50.3-67.5
RACE
White	300	34	14.5	8.7-23.4	27	9.0	4.2-18.2	46	15.7	10.4-23.1	193	60.7	51.0-69.6
African American	74	10	17.7	7.4-36.9	6	5.2	2.0-12.8	10	13.4	5.4-29.9	48	63.6	45.8-78.4

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having asthma CURRENTLY.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Adult Asthma History

(Besides those emergency room visit)During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

	Total Respond.#	Once			Twice			Three or more times			None
	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	410	55	15.7	10.4-22.9	36	8.9	4.9-15.7	61	14.9	10.3-21.0	258	60.5	52.4-68.1
GENDER
Male	100	8	12.3	4.6-28.9	6	9.7	2.6-30.2	18	15.1	8.0-26.8	68	62.9	46.6-76.8
Female	310	47	17.6	11.4-26.1	30	8.5	5.1-13.8	43	14.8	9.4-22.4	190	59.2	50.3-67.5
RACE
White	300	34	14.5	8.7-23.4	27	9.0	4.2-18.2	46	15.7	10.4-23.1	193	60.7	51.0-69.6
African American	74	10	17.7	7.4-36.9	6	5.2	2.0-12.8	10	13.4	5.4-29.9	48	63.6	45.8-78.4