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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,166 312 27.6 24.0-31.4 109 8.5 6.6-10.7 247 18.8 16.1-21.9 498 45.1 41.1-49.2
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 24 5 33.0 9.4-70.0 3 7.6 2.2-23.4 7 23.1 9.3-46.6 9 36.4 16.0-63.2
GENDER
Male 5 2 72.5 22.7-95.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.4 2.5-69.4 1 8.1 0.7-50.6
Female 19 3 10.5 3.1-30.4 3 11.9 3.7-32.6 5 25.1 10.1-49.9 8 52.4 29.1-74.8
RACE
White 19 3 36.6 9.2-76.7 3 9.5 2.6-29.4 6 23.5 8.4-50.8 7 30.4 11.6-59.2
Other 5 2 19.0 3.5-60.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 21.4 2.6-73.4 2 59.7 16.9-91.5
AGE
18-44 6 2 57.7 13.9-92.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.4 0.9-48.2 3 34.0 6.1-80.2
45+ 18 3 12.2 3.6-33.9 3 14.0 4.4-36.7 6 35.5 16.3-60.8 6 38.4 18.4-63.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 9 1 7.0 0.9-38.0 1 7.2 1.0-38.8 3 38.8 12.8-73.1 4 46.9 18.2-77.8
Some College + 15 4 42.4 11.9-80.0 2 7.7 1.6-29.6 4 17.4 5.1-45.2 5 32.5 10.5-66.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 4 18.2 6.3-42.2 2 10.1 2.4-33.9 6 40.7 18.9-66.9 4 31.1 12.2-59.3
$50,000+ 4 1 70.1 19.5-95.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.0 1.0-60.4 2 18.9 2.5-68.1

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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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