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

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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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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 42 9 23.7 11.5-42.6 0 0.0 . - . 16 36.8 22.2-54.4 17 39.5 24.2-57.1
GENDER
Male 7 2 39.9 10.5-79.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 60.1 21.0-89.5
Female 35 7 17.9 8.1-35.1 0 0.0 . - . 16 49.9 32.1-67.8 12 32.2 17.7-51.2
RACE
White 31 7 22.9 10.6-42.6 0 0.0 . - . 13 44.5 26.2-64.3 11 32.7 17.1-53.3
Other 10 2 26.7 5.0-71.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 14.8 3.3-47.2 6 58.5 23.4-86.6
AGE
18-44 17 6 34.8 15.4-61.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 26.8 10.4-53.5 6 38.4 17.8-64.2
45+ 24 3 7.9 2.4-23.5 0 0.0 . - . 10 48.3 27.9-69.3 11 43.8 24.4-65.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 6 24.0 9.9-47.4 0 0.0 . - . 10 29.4 15.3-48.8 15 46.7 27.9-66.4
Some College + 11 3 22.7 6.2-56.5 0 0.0 . - . 6 58.5 26.7-84.5 2 18.8 4.3-54.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 25 9 40.0 20.2-63.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 15.1 5.7-34.1 11 44.9 24.3-67.5
$50,000+ 8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 87.2 45.3-98.2 1 12.8 1.8-54.7

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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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