BRFSS 2002 - North Carolina: (During the past 30 days how often did you take asthma medication that was prescribed or given to you by a doctor? This includes using an inhaler.*)

	Total Respond.#	Less than once a week	Once or twice a week	> Twice a week not every day	Everyday	None
TOTAL	406	38	10.9	6.0-19.0	43	14.6	9.6-21.7	34	7.3	4.5-11.7	192	42.1	34.5-50.1	99	25.0	18.6-32.6
GENDER
Male	98	10	15.4	5.9-34.4	7	13.6	5.6-29.5	9	7.1	2.8-16.6	43	38.5	24.8-54.2	29	25.5	14.7-40.5
Female	308	28	8.3	4.1-16.0	36	15.3	9.7-23.2	25	7.5	4.3-12.7	149	44.3	35.8-53.1	70	24.6	17.5-33.6
RACE
White	297	27	9.2	4.3-18.6	28	14.9	8.9-23.9	30	8.0	4.8-13.1	146	46.3	37.1-55.7	66	21.6	14.8-30.5
African American	73	7	18.2	6.4-42.2	12	15.1	7.2-29.0	3	4.9	1.0-21.4	27	27.5	15.5-44.0	24	34.3	19.7-52.5

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 and asthma symptoms.

#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 30 days how often did you take asthma medication that was prescribed or given to you by a doctor? This includes using an inhaler.*

	Total Respond.#	Less than once a week			Once or twice a week			> Twice a week not every day			Everyday			None
	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	406	38	10.9	6.0-19.0	43	14.6	9.6-21.7	34	7.3	4.5-11.7	192	42.1	34.5-50.1	99	25.0	18.6-32.6
GENDER
Male	98	10	15.4	5.9-34.4	7	13.6	5.6-29.5	9	7.1	2.8-16.6	43	38.5	24.8-54.2	29	25.5	14.7-40.5
Female	308	28	8.3	4.1-16.0	36	15.3	9.7-23.2	25	7.5	4.3-12.7	149	44.3	35.8-53.1	70	24.6	17.5-33.6
RACE
White	297	27	9.2	4.3-18.6	28	14.9	8.9-23.9	30	8.0	4.8-13.1	146	46.3	37.1-55.7	66	21.6	14.8-30.5
African American	73	7	18.2	6.4-42.2	12	15.1	7.2-29.0	3	4.9	1.0-21.4	27	27.5	15.5-44.0	24	34.3	19.7-52.5