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

Asthma

During the past 12 months, besides emergency room visits, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

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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 1,186 154 13.8 11.0-17.3 95 9.1 6.8-11.9 145 11.5 9.3-14.0 792 65.6 61.6-69.4
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 27 4 13.5 4.8-32.3 1 3.3 0.5-20.4 3 9.7 3.0-27.3 19 73.5 52.9-87.3
GENDER
Male 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
Female 22 4 20.2 7.7-43.7 1 5.0 0.7-28.2 3 14.6 4.7-37.4 14 60.2 37.7-79.1
RACE
White 22 4 15.4 5.5-36.5 1 3.8 0.5-23.0 3 11.1 3.4-31.0 14 69.7 46.7-85.8
Other 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 14 4 21.3 7.2-48.7 1 5.2 0.7-30.4 1 6.5 0.9-35.4 8 67.0 38.4-86.8
45+ 13 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 15.2 3.7-45.9 11 84.8 54.1-96.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 16 3 13.6 4.0-37.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.1 2.3-34.7 11 76.3 50.3-91.1
Some College + 11 1 13.2 1.9-54.7 1 10.7 1.5-48.8 1 8.7 1.2-43.1 8 67.4 34.4-89.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 20 1 4.1 0.6-25.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 12.2 3.7-33.7 16 83.7 61.4-94.3
$50,000+ 4 2 50.9 12.3-88.4 1 26.0 3.5-77.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 23.1 3.0-74.6

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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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