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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 see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for a routine checkup for 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 1,171 307 27.3 23.9-31.1 136 11.6 9.0-14.7 220 16.3 13.8-19.2 508 44.8 40.9-48.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 15 2 11.0 2.6-36.3 1 13.3 2.0-54.1 6 36.3 15.7-63.6 6 39.4 17.6-66.3
GENDER
Male 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 31.8 6.8-74.9 3 68.2 25.1-93.2
Female 10 2 16.1 3.7-48.6 1 19.4 2.9-65.8 4 38.4 13.5-71.3 3 26.2 7.9-59.6
RACE
White 13 2 13.0 3.1-41.3 1 15.7 2.3-59.2 6 43.0 18.8-71.1 4 28.2 10.3-57.5
Other 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 49.3 7.2-92.4 1 10.9 1.1-57.7 1 39.7 4.9-89.5
45+ 11 2 16.9 4.1-49.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 51.2 23.4-78.3 4 31.9 11.7-62.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 8 1 11.4 1.5-52.0 1 23.7 3.6-72.1 4 42.2 13.8-76.9 2 22.7 5.1-61.4
Some College + 6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 32.3 7.5-73.6 4 67.7 26.4-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 13 2 12.4 2.9-39.9 1 15.0 2.2-57.8 6 40.9 17.5-69.3 4 31.7 11.6-62.3
$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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