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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 53 5 8.4 2.8-22.7 3 5.9 1.6-19.5 4 10.9 3.7-28.1 41 74.8 58.0-86.4
GENDER
Male 14 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 15.1 2.3-58.0 13 84.9 42.0-97.7
Female 39 5 12.5 4.2-31.7 3 8.8 2.4-27.4 3 8.9 2.6-26.0 28 69.9 50.6-84.0
RACE
White 43 4 9.8 2.9-27.9 2 6.5 1.5-24.6 2 4.4 0.9-18.5 35 79.3 61.0-90.3
Other 10 1 3.7 0.5-24.1 1 3.7 0.5-24.1 2 32.9 8.4-72.3 6 59.7 24.4-87.1
AGE
18-44 19 2 11.5 2.5-39.8 1 7.1 1.0-36.7 1 9.9 1.4-45.5 15 71.6 43.7-89.1
45+ 34 3 5.3 1.7-15.7 2 4.7 1.1-18.0 3 12.0 3.6-33.0 26 78.0 59.2-89.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 5 16.3 5.4-39.8 2 9.8 2.2-34.4 3 16.3 4.6-44.2 17 57.6 35.0-77.4
Some College + 26 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.8 0.2-11.8 1 5.3 0.7-29.3 24 93.0 72.6-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 35 5 12.5 4.1-32.1 2 6.6 1.3-27.3 2 8.7 1.6-35.2 26 72.3 50.5-86.9
$50,000+ 13 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 13 100 . - .

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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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