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

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you visit an emergency room or urgent care center because of your asthma?*

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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 1,164 59 5.0 3.4- 7.3 30 3.1 1.9- 5.0 164 15.5 12.7-18.8 911 76.4 72.7-79.8
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 24 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 17.4 6.3-39.5 19 82.6 60.5-93.7
GENDER
Male 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.6 0.5-40.3 4 94.4 59.7-99.5
Female 19 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 23.8 9.0-49.6 15 76.2 50.4-91.0
RACE
White 19 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 16.4 5.1-41.6 15 83.6 58.4-94.9
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 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 13.0 2.3-48.8 5 87.0 51.2-97.7
45+ 17 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 21.5 6.9-50.4 14 78.5 49.6-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.3 4.5-55.0 6 80.7 45.0-95.5
Some College + 16 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 16.7 4.7-45.3 13 83.3 54.7-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 28.0 10.6-56.2 12 72.0 43.8-89.4
$50,000+ 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.0 1.0-60.4 3 89.0 39.6-99.0

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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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