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

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did symptoms of asthma make it difficult for you to stay asleep?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-2 days 3-4 days 5-10 days More than 10 days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 836 149 18.2 14.6-22.3 88 10.4 7.9-13.6 79 10.8 7.9-14.8 125 12.7 10.0-16.1 395 47.9 42.9-52.8
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 16 3 42.4 11.9-80.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.1 0.5-26.2 3 15.7 4.1-45.0 9 37.8 13.9-69.7
GENDER
Male 4 1 73.3 21.0-96.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 15.1 1.3-70.5 2 11.7 1.5-53.6
Female 12 2 15.7 3.9-46.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.7 1.0-39.3 2 16.2 3.7-49.4 7 60.4 31.7-83.4
RACE
White 13 3 47.8 14.0-83.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.6 0.6-29.4 2 10.9 2.0-41.9 7 36.7 11.9-71.4
Other 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 53.0 9.2-92.6 2 47.0 7.4-90.8
AGE
18-44 4 1 72.7 21.1-96.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 27.3 3.6-78.9
45+ 12 2 15.8 3.9-46.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.7 1.1-39.6 3 29.4 9.5-62.3 6 47.1 21.3-74.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 6 1 19.3 2.6-68.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 41.3 10.2-81.3 3 39.4 11.0-77.4
Some College + 10 2 49.4 12.6-86.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.4 0.6-33.8 1 7.9 0.9-43.7 6 37.4 10.3-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 14 2 13.6 3.3-41.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.6 0.9-35.4 3 25.2 8.0-56.6 8 54.6 28.3-78.6
$50,000+ 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 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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