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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,166 312 27.6 24.0-31.4 109 8.5 6.6-10.7 247 18.8 16.1-21.9 498 45.1 41.1-49.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 15 1 5.3 0.7-30.0 1 4.5 0.6-26.5 5 33.6 13.8-61.7 8 56.6 30.6-79.4
GENDER
Male 5 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.0 1.6-57.9 1 18.8 2.4-68.3 3 68.2 25.1-93.2
Female 10 1 8.1 1.1-41.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 41.4 15.4-73.4 5 50.5 21.4-79.2
RACE
White 13 1 6.4 0.9-34.6 1 5.4 0.7-30.8 5 40.5 17.2-69.1 6 47.7 22.4-74.2
Other 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.5 1.6-70.2 2 83.5 29.8-98.4
45+ 11 1 7.4 1.0-38.6 1 6.3 0.8-34.5 4 42.4 17.0-72.6 5 44.0 18.6-73.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 8 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.7 1.1-44.1 4 55.3 22.1-84.4 3 36.0 11.0-71.9
Some College + 6 1 12.2 1.6-54.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 87.8 45.1-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 13 1 6.0 0.8-33.3 1 5.1 0.7-29.6 5 38.3 15.7-67.5 6 50.5 24.1-76.6
$50,000+ 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .

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*These data apply only to those with current asthma

^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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