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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 52 10 27.3 14.8-44.9 5 9.0 3.6-20.6 16 24.4 14.5-38.2 21 39.3 25.7-54.7
GENDER
Male 14 4 36.3 13.8-66.8 2 13.0 3.2-40.8 0 0.0 . - . 8 50.7 24.3-76.7
Female 38 6 22.6 9.7-44.2 3 6.9 2.1-20.3 16 37.1 22.4-54.7 13 33.3 19.1-51.3
RACE
White 42 7 21.2 10.2-39.0 5 11.9 4.8-26.3 12 23.3 12.8-38.6 18 43.6 28.2-60.4
Other 10 3 46.5 16.2-79.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 28.0 8.7-61.5 3 25.4 7.3-59.7
AGE
18-44 18 6 44.0 21.8-68.9 2 7.3 1.7-26.1 3 12.3 3.8-33.6 7 36.3 17.3-60.9
45+ 34 4 12.0 4.4-28.8 3 10.6 3.3-29.1 13 35.5 20.4-54.2 14 41.9 25.0-61.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 26 8 45.2 24.5-67.8 3 9.7 2.9-27.9 10 27.6 13.6-48.1 5 17.4 6.6-38.5
Some College + 26 2 9.9 2.4-33.1 2 8.3 2.1-28.0 6 21.4 9.3-41.8 16 60.4 39.5-78.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 34 6 30.4 14.2-53.7 4 10.3 3.7-25.8 10 18.6 9.2-33.9 14 40.7 23.6-60.3
$50,000+ 13 3 23.4 7.6-52.9 1 9.0 1.3-43.4 3 19.8 6.3-47.9 6 47.8 22.8-73.9

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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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