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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 51 3 4.4 1.3-13.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 10 24.2 12.6-41.6 37 70.5 53.8-83.0
GENDER
Male 13 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 15.9 2.4-59.6 12 84.1 40.4-97.6
Female 38 3 6.5 2.0-19.4 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 9 28.1 14.2-48.0 25 64.1 45.2-79.4
RACE
White 42 3 5.7 1.7-17.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 18.2 7.7-37.3 33 76.1 57.9-88.1
Other 9 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.0 0.5-25.7 4 45.7 15.1-79.9 4 50.3 17.8-82.6
AGE
18-44 19 1 3.5 0.5-21.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 28.3 10.8-56.2 14 68.1 41.4-86.6
45+ 32 2 5.4 1.2-20.5 1 1.8 0.2-11.9 6 19.9 8.5-40.1 23 72.9 53.3-86.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 26 2 5.3 1.2-20.7 1 1.7 0.2-11.6 8 40.6 20.7-64.2 15 52.4 30.5-73.4
Some College + 25 1 3.6 0.5-21.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.1 1.5-27.8 22 89.3 69.4-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 33 2 4.1 0.9-16.4 1 1.3 0.2- 9.1 7 26.0 11.4-49.0 23 68.6 46.9-84.4
$50,000+ 13 1 7.2 1.0-37.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.2 1.0-37.6 11 85.6 56.6-96.4

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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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