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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 27 9 29.2 14.4-50.2 3 10.8 3.4-29.7 6 12.9 5.0-29.2 9 47.1 26.0-69.4
GENDER
Male 5 1 16.5 2.0-66.1 1 11.0 1.3-54.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 72.5 27.5-94.8
Female 22 8 35.4 18.0-57.8 2 10.7 2.6-34.7 6 19.2 7.8-39.9 6 34.7 16.5-58.7
RACE
White 22 7 28.4 12.8-51.6 3 12.3 3.8-33.5 5 13.1 4.7-31.7 7 46.2 23.3-70.8
Other 5 2 35.1 7.3-78.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.0 1.3-53.1 2 53.9 15.5-88.2
AGE
18-44 15 5 26.4 10.1-53.5 1 4.4 0.6-26.6 2 9.7 2.2-34.3 7 59.4 31.8-82.2
45+ 12 4 34.4 11.9-66.9 2 22.7 5.7-58.6 4 18.8 5.9-46.1 2 24.1 5.8-62.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 15 4 24.5 8.5-53.0 1 5.4 0.7-31.2 3 9.4 2.5-29.2 7 60.7 32.7-83.1
Some College + 12 5 38.5 15.8-67.6 2 21.4 5.4-56.4 3 19.8 5.4-51.7 2 20.3 5.2-54.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 20 7 28.7 12.5-53.1 2 9.9 2.4-33.2 4 8.2 2.6-23.2 7 53.2 28.6-76.4
$50,000+ 4 0 0.0 . - . 1 23.1 3.0-74.6 2 50.9 12.3-88.4 1 26.0 3.5-77.5

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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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