BRFSS 2002 - North Carolina: (During the past 12 months, how many times did you visit an emergency room or urgent care center because of your asthma?*)

	Total Respond.#	Once	Twice	Three or more times	None
TOTAL	421	47	14.4	9.4-21.5	22	5.0	2.8- 8.6	28	8.0	4.9-12.9	324	72.6	65.0-79.0
GENDER
Male	102	4	2.4	0.6- 9.6	6	4.2	1.5-11.2	10	11.5	5.3-23.2	82	81.9	69.6-89.9
Female	319	43	21.2	14.0-30.9	16	5.4	2.8-10.3	18	6.1	3.2-11.1	242	67.3	58.0-75.4
RACE
White	307	25	10.4	5.7-18.3	14	4.4	2.2- 8.7	19	7.4	4.1-13.0	249	77.8	69.4-84.4
African American	76	15	27.9	14.3-47.3	4	4.0	1.2-12.2	6	11.4	4.0-28.1	51	56.8	39.2-72.8

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

During the past 12 months, how many times did you visit an emergency room or urgent care center because of your asthma?*

	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	421	47	14.4	9.4-21.5	22	5.0	2.8- 8.6	28	8.0	4.9-12.9	324	72.6	65.0-79.0
GENDER
Male	102	4	2.4	0.6- 9.6	6	4.2	1.5-11.2	10	11.5	5.3-23.2	82	81.9	69.6-89.9
Female	319	43	21.2	14.0-30.9	16	5.4	2.8-10.3	18	6.1	3.2-11.1	242	67.3	58.0-75.4
RACE
White	307	25	10.4	5.7-18.3	14	4.4	2.2- 8.7	19	7.4	4.1-13.0	249	77.8	69.4-84.4
African American	76	15	27.9	14.3-47.3	4	4.0	1.2-12.2	6	11.4	4.0-28.1	51	56.8	39.2-72.8