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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,166 312 27.6 24.0-31.4 109 8.5 6.6-10.7 247 18.8 16.1-21.9 498 45.1 41.1-49.2
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 42 17 39.4 24.3-56.8 4 13.9 4.8-34.0 9 15.9 7.6-30.3 12 30.8 16.9-49.4
GENDER
Male 7 1 18.2 2.5-65.8 1 14.2 1.9-58.8 1 4.0 0.5-25.9 4 63.7 25.1-90.2
Female 35 16 46.9 29.4-65.2 3 13.8 3.9-38.8 8 20.1 9.4-37.9 8 19.2 9.3-35.5
RACE
White 31 12 40.2 23.0-60.3 4 19.7 7.0-44.3 7 14.5 6.1-30.6 8 25.6 12.3-45.8
Other 10 4 34.5 10.7-69.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 20.1 4.7-56.2 4 45.4 15.8-78.6
AGE
18-44 17 7 37.6 17.7-62.9 3 20.7 6.3-50.0 2 10.0 2.4-33.2 5 31.7 12.9-59.3
45+ 24 9 38.1 19.7-60.6 1 4.3 0.6-25.4 7 26.0 11.7-48.4 7 31.5 15.2-54.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 12 40.9 23.3-61.3 2 7.2 1.6-26.7 7 15.1 6.4-31.6 10 36.7 19.5-58.2
Some College + 11 5 34.9 12.4-66.9 2 33.2 8.5-72.7 2 18.2 4.0-53.9 2 13.8 3.2-43.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 25 12 46.0 25.3-68.3 2 10.2 2.4-33.8 6 15.6 6.2-34.1 5 28.2 11.0-55.4
$50,000+ 8 4 52.1 20.5-82.1 1 9.3 1.2-45.6 1 15.4 2.2-60.1 2 23.2 5.6-60.5

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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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