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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 28 7 28.0 13.3-49.8 4 10.4 3.7-25.9 3 13.5 4.3-34.9 14 48.1 29.5-67.2
GENDER
Male 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 15.1 1.9-61.9 4 84.9 38.1-98.1
Female 23 7 35.3 17.2-59.0 4 13.1 4.7-31.7 2 13.1 3.4-39.4 10 38.5 20.7-60.0
RACE
White 23 5 24.1 9.5-49.1 4 13.6 4.9-32.7 2 11.2 2.7-36.5 12 51.0 30.1-71.6
Other 5 2 40.7 9.8-81.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 20.8 2.8-70.5 2 38.5 9.0-79.8
AGE
18-44 6 1 14.4 1.9-59.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 21.5 3.0-70.7 4 64.1 23.3-91.3
45+ 22 6 32.1 14.5-56.9 4 13.5 4.8-32.5 2 11.1 2.7-36.3 10 43.3 23.8-65.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 13 4 33.3 12.2-64.2 1 3.9 0.5-24.1 2 20.4 5.2-54.1 6 42.4 18.8-70.1
Some College + 15 3 22.5 6.8-53.8 3 17.2 5.3-43.5 1 6.3 0.9-34.2 8 54.0 28.4-77.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 5 34.3 13.9-62.8 2 10.3 2.4-35.3 1 5.7 0.8-31.6 8 49.7 25.4-74.1
$50,000+ 7 2 34.8 8.8-74.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 65.2 25.2-91.2

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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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