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

Asthma

During the past 12 months, besides emergency room visits, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

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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 1,186 154 13.8 11.0-17.3 95 9.1 6.8-11.9 145 11.5 9.3-14.0 792 65.6 61.6-69.4
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 42 7 15.3 7.1-29.8 6 17.3 6.9-37.1 5 8.3 3.2-19.7 24 59.1 41.6-74.6
GENDER
Male 7 0 0.0 . - . 1 18.2 2.5-65.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 81.8 34.2-97.5
Female 35 7 20.7 9.8-38.5 5 17.0 5.9-39.9 5 11.3 4.4-25.9 18 51.0 32.9-68.9
RACE
White 31 6 18.0 7.9-36.2 5 17.8 6.2-41.5 3 5.9 1.7-18.0 17 58.3 38.3-76.0
Other 10 1 8.9 1.2-44.7 1 17.0 2.4-62.8 2 14.8 3.3-47.2 6 59.2 25.5-86.1
AGE
18-44 17 3 12.3 3.8-33.4 2 18.6 4.9-50.5 1 3.1 0.4-19.8 11 66.0 39.6-85.2
45+ 24 3 14.3 4.4-37.6 4 16.5 5.8-38.7 4 16.8 6.0-39.2 13 52.4 31.3-72.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 6 17.2 7.4-34.9 5 14.9 5.4-35.2 2 4.4 0.9-18.9 18 63.5 43.6-79.7
Some College + 11 1 9.7 1.3-46.6 1 24.3 3.9-71.7 3 19.7 5.7-49.8 6 46.4 18.2-77.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 25 4 13.1 4.6-32.1 4 16.0 5.0-40.4 4 10.9 3.7-28.2 13 60.0 37.7-78.9
$50,000+ 8 3 41.8 14.1-75.7 1 9.3 1.2-45.6 1 10.4 1.4-48.8 3 38.6 12.2-73.9

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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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