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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 23 5 36.7 12.2-70.9 1 3.8 0.5-23.5 2 9.3 2.2-32.1 15 50.2 23.7-76.6
GENDER
Male 5 1 67.3 18.1-95.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.8 1.3-66.3 3 18.8 3.0-63.7
Female 18 4 19.6 6.9-44.2 1 5.9 0.8-32.4 1 6.7 0.9-35.4 12 67.8 42.5-85.7
RACE
White 18 4 43.5 14.5-77.8 1 4.8 0.6-28.7 1 6.2 0.8-35.0 12 45.5 18.5-75.4
Other 5 1 9.8 1.1-51.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 21.4 2.6-73.4 3 68.8 22.6-94.4
AGE
18-44 7 2 52.5 12.3-89.7 1 7.6 0.9-44.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 39.8 8.6-82.3
45+ 16 3 21.0 6.8-49.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 18.5 4.9-50.3 11 60.5 34.0-81.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 20.4 3.0-67.8 7 79.6 32.2-97.0
Some College + 15 5 48.6 17.3-81.0 1 5.0 0.6-30.3 1 5.7 0.7-33.2 8 40.7 14.8-73.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 15 3 20.4 6.2-49.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.5 5.1-52.1 10 60.2 32.9-82.3
$50,000+ 4 1 70.1 19.5-95.8 1 11.0 1.0-60.4 0 0.0 . - . 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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