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

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 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%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,155 339 30.4 26.9-34.0 224 19.0 16.1-22.2 228 20.6 17.3-24.2 109 8.5 6.8-10.7 255 21.5 18.1-25.4
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 42 13 33.1 18.7-51.5 10 23.6 11.8-41.6 8 21.2 10.3-38.6 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 10 21.3 10.7-38.0
GENDER
Male 7 4 63.7 25.1-90.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 32.4 7.9-72.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.0 0.5-25.9
Female 35 9 22.2 11.1-39.5 10 32.0 16.8-52.4 6 17.3 7.6-34.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 9 27.5 13.9-47.3
RACE
White 31 9 28.8 14.5-49.2 6 22.0 8.9-44.8 7 23.3 10.9-42.9 1 1.0 0.1- 7.2 8 24.9 11.6-45.6
Other 10 4 45.4 15.8-78.6 4 28.7 8.9-62.4 1 17.0 2.4-62.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.9 1.2-44.5
AGE
18-44 17 5 32.5 13.4-60.0 5 27.3 10.7-54.2 5 27.6 11.3-53.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.5 3.0-39.9
45+ 24 7 29.6 13.9-52.2 5 19.4 7.6-41.3 3 12.8 4.1-33.5 1 1.9 0.3-12.7 8 36.3 18.3-59.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 9 32.7 16.2-54.9 5 12.8 5.0-29.0 8 28.6 14.1-49.4 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 8 25.0 11.7-45.6
Some College + 11 4 34.3 11.9-66.9 5 54.9 24.1-82.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.8 2.4-37.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 25 7 34.1 15.4-59.6 6 17.5 7.1-36.9 5 24.8 10.0-49.5 0 0.0 . - . 7 23.5 9.9-46.4
$50,000+ 8 2 24.3 5.9-62.1 2 21.7 5.1-58.5 1 12.8 1.8-54.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 41.3 13.7-75.7

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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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