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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 28 3 15.0 3.2-48.7 3 4.9 1.3-17.2 6 31.1 11.6-60.8 16 49.0 26.2-72.2
GENDER
Male 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 19.0 2.0-72.6 2 81.0 27.4-98.0
Female 25 3 17.1 3.6-53.0 3 5.6 1.4-19.6 5 32.8 11.5-64.7 14 44.5 22.1-69.5
RACE
White 21 1 13.9 2.0-55.6 1 3.4 0.4-21.3 6 36.1 13.7-66.9 13 46.7 22.8-72.1
Other 6 2 24.9 4.3-71.2 2 16.3 2.9-56.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 58.8 16.4-91.2
AGE
18-44 11 1 19.8 2.9-67.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 41.2 12.2-77.8 7 39.0 13.9-71.8
45+ 17 2 7.7 1.7-29.0 3 12.3 3.3-36.8 3 15.8 5.0-40.3 9 64.2 39.0-83.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 13 2 22.2 4.2-65.1 2 6.1 1.1-26.8 2 28.9 5.8-72.8 7 42.8 16.0-74.6
Some College + 15 1 2.6 0.3-16.9 1 2.9 0.4-18.6 4 34.9 13.0-65.9 9 59.6 30.9-83.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 14 2 8.5 1.8-31.9 2 5.6 1.3-21.3 1 5.9 0.8-32.8 9 80.0 55.3-92.8
$50,000+ 7 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.1 1.4-51.7 3 43.1 13.0-79.3 3 45.8 14.5-80.9

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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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