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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for a routine checkup for 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 1,171 307 27.3 23.9-31.1 136 11.6 9.0-14.7 220 16.3 13.8-19.2 508 44.8 40.9-48.8
-Buncombe County 53 17 26.3 15.8-40.5 6 9.3 3.9-20.4 8 19.0 9.0-35.8 22 45.4 30.9-60.8
GENDER
Male 14 2 11.6 2.2-43.1 1 6.5 0.9-35.2 3 30.2 9.5-63.9 8 51.7 25.0-77.4
Female 39 15 33.5 19.7-50.8 5 10.6 4.1-24.9 5 13.5 5.3-30.3 14 42.4 25.8-60.9
RACE
White 43 15 31.9 19.0-48.4 6 12.0 5.1-25.8 3 7.4 1.8-25.9 19 48.6 32.6-64.9
Other 10 2 7.5 1.6-28.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 57.8 23.8-85.7 3 34.7 9.8-72.2
AGE
18-44 19 6 28.0 12.4-51.8 1 2.9 0.4-18.4 3 18.1 5.3-46.5 9 51.0 28.2-73.4
45+ 34 11 24.6 13.1-41.3 5 15.7 6.2-34.4 5 19.8 7.7-42.4 13 39.9 23.7-58.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 6 15.0 6.3-31.9 3 7.8 2.2-23.9 4 18.8 6.1-45.2 14 58.4 36.5-77.4
Some College + 26 11 38.3 20.9-59.3 3 10.9 3.3-30.3 4 19.1 6.7-43.6 8 31.8 16.1-53.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 35 10 20.4 10.0-37.3 3 6.0 1.7-18.8 6 23.0 9.8-45.3 16 50.6 31.9-69.2
$50,000+ 13 4 35.9 14.3-65.4 2 11.5 2.8-37.1 1 4.0 0.5-24.4 6 48.6 23.5-74.4

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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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