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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 25 5 18.0 6.7-40.1 3 27.7 6.4-68.2 4 10.9 3.6-28.8 13 43.4 20.7-69.2
GENDER
Male 5 1 13.8 1.3-66.3 1 67.3 18.1-95.1 1 5.6 0.5-40.3 2 13.2 1.8-55.7
Female 20 4 20.1 7.5-44.1 2 6.9 1.6-24.9 3 13.8 4.3-36.2 11 59.2 36.0-78.9
RACE
White 20 5 22.3 7.9-48.9 3 34.4 8.5-74.7 3 8.4 2.4-26.0 9 34.9 14.4-63.1
Other 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 21.4 2.6-73.4 4 78.6 26.6-97.4
AGE
18-44 7 2 16.1 2.9-55.4 1 48.6 9.8-89.2 1 5.4 0.6-35.3 3 29.9 5.8-74.7
45+ 18 3 19.7 6.3-47.1 2 8.7 2.1-29.9 3 16.0 4.9-41.2 10 55.7 32.1-76.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 10 1 17.3 2.6-62.5 1 6.6 0.9-36.2 3 24.8 7.7-56.6 5 51.3 22.2-79.5
Some College + 15 4 18.2 5.6-45.7 2 35.7 7.9-78.3 1 5.7 0.7-33.2 8 40.4 14.6-72.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 17 4 29.1 11.4-56.8 1 3.7 0.5-22.4 4 22.0 8.1-47.4 8 45.2 23.2-69.4
$50,000+ 4 1 10.4 0.9-58.9 1 70.1 19.5-95.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.5 2.6-69.1

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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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