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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-7 Days 8-30 days More than 30 Days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,123 190 18.8 15.4-22.7 107 8.7 6.8-11.0 71 5.1 3.8- 6.6 755 67.5 63.5-71.3
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 27 3 9.8 2.7-29.5 3 14.5 3.6-43.8 6 16.3 6.4-35.7 15 59.4 36.4-78.9
GENDER
Male 4 0 0.0 . - . 1 32.9 4.2-84.5 1 4.5 0.5-31.8 2 62.7 14.5-94.3
Female 23 3 14.1 4.1-38.6 2 6.4 1.3-26.0 5 21.5 8.4-44.9 13 58.0 35.8-77.4
RACE
White 22 3 11.3 3.1-33.4 3 16.7 4.1-48.5 6 18.7 7.2-40.6 10 53.3 28.9-76.2
Other 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 15 2 12.4 2.9-40.4 2 19.8 4.4-56.9 2 8.1 1.6-32.3 9 59.7 30.2-83.5
45+ 12 1 4.1 0.5-25.8 1 3.4 0.4-21.8 4 33.5 11.0-67.3 6 59.0 27.3-84.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 15 1 7.6 1.0-39.3 2 16.6 2.9-57.1 4 16.7 5.3-41.6 8 59.2 29.3-83.5
Some College + 12 2 14.4 3.1-46.8 1 10.3 1.4-47.7 2 15.3 2.7-54.3 7 60.0 29.5-84.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 19 2 8.2 1.6-33.0 3 18.5 4.5-52.0 4 18.3 6.3-42.5 10 55.1 28.8-78.8
$50,000+ 4 1 26.0 3.5-77.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 74.0 22.5-96.5

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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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