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

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for a routine checkup for 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 1,171 307 27.3 23.9-31.1 136 11.6 9.0-14.7 220 16.3 13.8-19.2 508 44.8 40.9-48.8
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 24 7 21.3 8.7-43.5 6 17.6 6.7-39.0 2 6.2 1.3-24.7 9 54.8 28.7-78.5
GENDER
Male 4 1 5.6 0.5-42.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.1 0.5-44.4 2 88.3 46.4-98.5
Female 20 6 29.0 13.0-52.7 6 26.2 11.2-49.9 1 6.3 0.9-33.7 7 38.6 18.3-63.8
RACE
White 20 6 23.5 8.8-49.4 6 21.3 7.7-46.6 1 2.4 0.3-16.3 7 52.8 24.0-79.9
Other 4 1 10.7 1.1-56.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 25.0 2.8-79.2 2 64.3 16.4-94.3
AGE
18-44 7 2 16.1 2.9-55.4 2 13.0 2.3-48.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 70.8 29.6-93.3
45+ 17 5 26.4 10.9-51.2 4 22.1 7.7-48.9 2 12.3 2.8-40.1 6 39.3 18.7-64.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 9 1 7.2 0.9-38.6 2 17.8 4.1-52.1 1 7.8 1.0-40.7 5 67.2 34.8-88.7
Some College + 15 6 26.2 9.1-55.6 4 17.6 5.2-45.4 1 5.7 0.7-33.2 4 50.5 19.0-81.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 17 5 29.3 12.2-55.3 5 27.1 10.8-53.3 2 12.2 2.8-40.0 5 31.5 13.2-58.0
$50,000+ 4 1 10.4 0.9-58.9 1 11.0 1.0-60.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 78.6 28.0-97.2

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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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