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

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^
None 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%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,155 339 30.4 26.9-34.0 224 19.0 16.1-22.2 228 20.6 17.3-24.2 109 8.5 6.8-10.7 255 21.5 18.1-25.4
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 27 9 38.3 18.8-62.3 5 13.4 5.1-30.7 7 32.0 14.5-56.5 1 1.0 0.1- 7.3 5 15.3 5.9-34.3
GENDER
Male 5 1 39.3 6.2-86.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 49.7 11.0-88.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.0 1.3-54.5
Female 22 8 37.8 19.5-60.4 5 20.1 8.1-42.0 4 23.1 8.4-49.6 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 4 17.5 6.2-40.4
RACE
White 22 7 36.0 15.6-63.2 4 13.8 4.8-33.5 5 31.5 12.9-59.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4 5 17.5 6.6-38.9
Other 5 2 53.9 15.5-88.2 1 11.0 1.3-53.1 2 35.1 7.3-78.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 15 7 51.9 24.3-78.4 3 14.1 4.1-38.7 4 29.0 9.4-61.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.0 0.7-29.2
45+ 12 2 11.7 2.6-40.0 2 12.0 2.6-40.9 3 37.8 12.4-72.3 1 3.1 0.4-20.1 4 35.4 12.5-67.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 15 6 41.4 16.2-72.1 2 9.7 2.2-34.5 5 41.7 16.8-71.7 1 1.6 0.2-11.1 1 5.6 0.7-31.8
Some College + 12 3 32.2 11.1-64.3 3 20.6 6.2-50.3 2 13.1 2.9-43.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 34.2 12.6-65.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 20 6 34.2 13.3-63.8 2 6.8 1.4-27.6 6 38.5 16.9-65.8 1 1.3 0.2- 9.2 5 19.2 7.2-42.3
$50,000+ 4 2 58.2 16.3-90.8 2 41.8 9.2-83.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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