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

Asthma

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

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  Total
Respond.^
Once Twice Three or more times None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,164 59 5.0 3.4- 7.3 30 3.1 1.9- 5.0 164 15.5 12.7-18.8 911 76.4 72.7-79.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 16 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.7 0.8-31.6 2 23.0 6.3-57.3 13 71.3 40.0-90.3
GENDER
Male 5 0 0.0 . - . 1 18.8 2.4-68.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 81.2 31.7-97.6
Female 11 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 32.9 9.4-69.9 9 67.1 30.1-90.6
RACE
White 14 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.7 0.9-35.6 2 27.0 7.6-62.7 11 66.3 34.1-88.2
Other 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 42.7 6.6-88.7 3 57.3 11.3-93.4
45+ 11 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.1 1.2-44.1 1 16.4 2.5-60.6 9 74.5 37.4-93.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 9 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.8 1.3-47.2 2 39.8 11.8-76.6 6 50.4 19.1-81.3
Some College + 6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 100 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 14 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.3 0.9-34.5 2 25.8 7.1-61.3 11 67.9 35.5-89.0
$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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