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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did you take a prescription asthma medication to prevent an asthma attack from occurring?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than once a week Once or twice a week > Twice a week not every day Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,183 240 21.5 18.4-25.0 36 3.4 2.1- 5.6 496 37.7 34.0-41.7 411 37.3 33.5-41.3
-Buncombe County 52 9 18.5 9.1-34.1 1 2.4 0.3-15.1 30 54.4 39.1-69.0 12 24.7 13.8-40.0
GENDER
Male 14 2 12.3 3.0-39.3 0 0.0 . - . 6 42.7 18.4-71.0 6 45.0 20.3-72.4
Female 38 7 21.6 9.6-41.7 1 3.5 0.5-21.3 24 60.2 41.7-76.2 6 14.6 6.3-30.5
RACE
White 42 6 13.2 5.8-27.2 1 3.1 0.4-18.9 25 55.7 38.9-71.3 10 28.0 15.2-45.9
Other 10 3 36.2 10.5-73.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 50.3 18.9-81.4 2 13.5 3.0-43.7
AGE
18-44 19 3 17.1 5.0-44.9 1 4.7 0.6-27.2 12 64.7 40.0-83.4 3 13.5 4.1-36.2
45+ 33 6 20.0 8.8-39.4 0 0.0 . - . 18 44.0 27.2-62.3 9 36.0 19.5-56.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 26 6 25.7 10.6-50.2 0 0.0 . - . 14 53.0 31.3-73.6 6 21.4 9.1-42.3
Some College + 26 3 11.1 3.5-29.9 1 4.8 0.7-27.5 16 56.0 35.1-74.9 6 28.1 12.6-51.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 34 4 12.8 3.9-35.1 1 3.6 0.5-21.4 20 56.0 36.4-73.9 9 27.6 13.8-47.5
$50,000+ 13 4 30.9 11.9-59.7 0 0.0 . - . 7 53.8 27.6-78.2 2 15.3 3.8-45.2

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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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