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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-7 Days 8-30 days More than 30 Days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,123 190 18.8 15.4-22.7 107 8.7 6.8-11.0 71 5.1 3.8- 6.6 755 67.5 63.5-71.3
-Buncombe County 48 10 22.4 11.8-38.4 5 11.7 4.1-29.4 2 3.3 0.7-13.9 31 62.5 46.0-76.6
GENDER
Male 14 2 21.6 5.6-56.1 2 17.3 3.2-56.7 1 6.5 0.9-35.2 9 54.6 26.8-79.7
Female 34 8 22.9 11.3-40.8 3 8.5 2.5-25.5 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 22 67.1 48.6-81.5
RACE
White 38 10 30.2 16.4-48.7 1 1.1 0.1- 7.4 2 4.5 1.0-18.2 25 64.3 46.2-79.0
Other 10 0 0.0 . - . 4 42.6 14.2-76.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 57.4 23.2-85.8
AGE
18-44 17 3 15.3 4.6-40.3 2 15.0 3.2-48.7 0 0.0 . - . 12 69.7 41.9-88.1
45+ 31 7 28.8 13.7-50.7 3 8.8 2.4-27.9 2 6.3 1.4-24.4 19 56.0 36.4-73.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 22 4 17.3 5.9-41.1 4 24.0 8.1-53.1 2 7.3 1.6-28.0 12 51.5 28.4-73.9
Some College + 26 6 26.7 11.9-49.6 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 0 0.0 . - . 19 71.8 49.3-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 30 5 20.3 7.9-42.8 4 14.0 3.9-39.2 2 5.3 1.1-21.2 19 60.4 38.9-78.6
$50,000+ 13 3 19.2 6.0-46.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 10 80.8 53.2-94.0

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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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