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

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-7 Days 8-30 days More than 30 Days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,123 190 18.8 15.4-22.7 107 8.7 6.8-11.0 71 5.1 3.8- 6.6 755 67.5 63.5-71.3
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 41 8 23.2 11.5-41.5 6 9.8 4.1-21.7 2 3.5 0.8-14.8 25 63.4 45.8-78.0
GENDER
Male 7 1 18.2 2.5-65.8 1 4.0 0.5-25.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 77.8 34.4-95.9
Female 34 7 25.1 11.9-45.3 5 11.9 4.6-27.3 2 4.8 1.0-19.5 20 58.2 39.3-75.0
RACE
White 30 6 23.8 10.6-45.1 4 8.5 2.9-22.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.7 19 66.3 45.9-82.0
Other 10 2 23.0 4.9-63.1 1 8.9 1.2-44.7 1 8.9 1.2-44.5 6 59.2 25.5-86.1
AGE
18-44 17 5 29.2 12.0-55.4 2 6.9 1.6-24.8 0 0.0 . - . 10 63.9 38.7-83.3
45+ 23 2 8.5 2.1-28.8 4 15.1 5.1-37.0 2 9.5 2.1-33.8 15 66.9 44.2-83.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 6 25.2 11.3-47.2 4 8.8 2.9-23.5 2 4.7 1.0-19.1 19 61.3 40.9-78.4
Some College + 10 2 17.2 3.9-51.7 2 12.9 2.8-42.9 0 0.0 . - . 6 69.9 36.9-90.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 24 6 30.6 13.4-55.6 3 7.5 2.0-24.2 2 6.0 1.3-24.0 13 55.9 33.0-76.6
$50,000+ 8 2 29.3 7.5-67.8 3 29.7 8.9-64.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 40.9 13.5-75.4

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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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