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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 28 8 39.7 18.2-66.1 5 19.8 5.9-49.3 3 9.3 2.8-26.7 12 31.1 15.1-53.4
GENDER
Male 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 19.0 2.0-72.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 81.0 27.4-98.0
Female 25 8 45.2 21.1-71.8 4 19.9 5.2-53.2 3 10.6 3.2-30.2 10 24.2 10.8-45.6
RACE
White 21 7 45.0 20.5-72.2 4 21.8 6.1-54.5 3 10.8 3.2-30.8 7 22.4 9.2-45.0
Other 6 1 7.7 0.8-44.8 1 8.6 1.0-48.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 83.7 44.0-97.1
AGE
18-44 11 3 41.9 12.7-78.1 2 24.2 4.8-67.1 2 10.7 2.3-37.8 4 23.1 6.7-55.9
45+ 17 5 36.3 15.1-64.6 3 13.2 3.9-36.2 1 7.3 1.0-37.7 8 43.3 20.8-68.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 13 4 41.8 13.5-76.8 2 22.6 4.4-65.1 1 4.6 0.6-28.3 6 31.1 10.7-62.9
Some College + 15 4 36.1 13.6-66.8 3 15.1 4.4-40.8 2 17.6 4.4-49.6 6 31.3 13.1-57.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 14 3 20.9 6.1-52.1 2 10.4 2.2-37.3 1 9.9 1.4-46.4 8 58.8 30.3-82.4
$50,000+ 7 2 43.2 12.5-80.2 1 9.0 1.1-45.5 2 22.3 5.1-60.7 2 25.6 5.5-67.1

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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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