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

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did you take a prescription asthma medication to prevent an asthma attack from occurring?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than once a week Once or twice a week > Twice a week not every day Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,183 240 21.5 18.4-25.0 36 3.4 2.1- 5.6 496 37.7 34.0-41.7 411 37.3 33.5-41.3
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 16 2 8.5 2.0-29.5 0 0.0 . - . 6 42.7 19.8-69.2 8 48.8 24.7-73.4
GENDER
Male 5 1 13.0 1.6-57.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 18.8 2.4-68.3 3 68.2 25.1-93.2
Female 11 1 6.6 0.9-36.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 53.0 23.8-80.3 5 40.4 15.9-70.9
RACE
White 14 2 10.0 2.4-33.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 50.2 24.3-75.9 6 39.8 17.5-67.3
Other 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 52.1 10.4-91.1 2 47.9 8.9-89.6
45+ 11 2 13.6 3.2-42.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 43.4 17.7-73.3 5 43.0 18.0-72.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 9 1 6.8 0.9-37.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 65.1 31.3-88.5 3 28.1 8.1-63.3
Some College + 6 1 12.2 1.6-54.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.4 1.7-57.5 4 74.4 34.1-94.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 14 2 9.5 2.3-32.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 42.2 18.1-70.6 7 48.3 22.9-74.6
$50,000+ 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 47.1 5.3-93.5 1 52.9 6.5-94.7

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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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