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

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did symptoms of asthma make it difficult for you to stay asleep?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-2 days 3-4 days 5-10 days More than 10 days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 836 149 18.2 14.6-22.3 88 10.4 7.9-13.6 79 10.8 7.9-14.8 125 12.7 10.0-16.1 395 47.9 42.9-52.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 10 1 5.1 0.7-30.2 1 8.4 1.1-42.3 1 18.7 2.8-64.5 3 25.4 7.8-57.9 4 42.4 16.3-73.6
GENDER
Male 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 67.6 15.7-95.9 1 32.4 4.1-84.3
Female 7 1 6.9 0.9-38.6 1 11.3 1.5-52.0 1 25.1 3.8-73.8 1 10.8 1.4-50.8 3 45.9 14.7-80.6
RACE
White 9 1 5.6 0.7-32.5 1 9.1 1.2-45.0 1 20.4 3.1-67.3 3 27.7 8.4-61.6 3 37.2 12.3-71.5
Other 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 8 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.3 1.4-48.8 1 23.0 3.5-70.9 3 31.3 9.4-66.6 3 35.3 11.0-70.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 6 1 7.8 1.0-42.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 28.2 4.3-77.4 2 26.3 5.8-67.5 2 37.7 9.3-78.1
Some College + 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 32.3 4.1-84.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 67.7 15.9-95.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 9 1 5.7 0.7-32.7 1 9.2 1.2-45.3 1 20.5 3.1-67.6 3 28.0 8.5-62.0 3 36.6 11.9-71.1
$50,000+ 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .

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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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