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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico Counties

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,166 312 27.6 24.0-31.4 109 8.5 6.6-10.7 247 18.8 16.1-21.9 498 45.1 41.1-49.2
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 27 11 35.4 15.2-62.8 4 27.8 10.3-56.5 4 15.3 5.4-36.5 8 21.4 9.4-41.8
GENDER
Male 3 1 19.0 2.0-72.6 1 49.8 8.1-91.8 1 31.1 3.6-84.4 0 0.0 . - .
Female 24 10 37.8 15.4-66.9 3 24.7 7.5-57.2 3 13.0 3.8-36.1 8 24.5 10.5-47.3
RACE
White 21 8 36.6 14.3-66.6 3 24.9 7.5-57.6 4 17.6 6.0-41.4 6 20.9 8.2-43.8
Other 5 2 17.6 2.9-60.2 1 53.8 11.3-91.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 28.5 4.7-76.5
AGE
18-44 11 3 35.6 9.0-75.5 4 45.7 15.8-79.2 1 6.3 0.8-35.7 3 12.3 3.1-38.1
45+ 16 8 35.2 16.3-60.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 29.2 9.9-60.7 5 35.7 14.9-63.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 12 2 29.3 5.9-73.3 2 29.0 7.0-68.8 3 19.2 5.3-50.1 5 22.5 7.3-51.8
Some College + 15 9 45.9 22.0-71.8 2 25.9 7.0-62.1 1 8.6 1.2-42.4 3 19.6 5.8-49.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 13 4 19.4 6.3-46.3 2 27.7 7.4-64.8 2 20.0 5.0-54.2 5 32.9 12.6-62.3
$50,000+ 7 3 27.5 7.6-63.5 1 23.0 3.4-71.8 2 31.3 7.4-72.1 1 18.2 2.5-65.7

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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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