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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore Counties

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you visit an emergency room or urgent care center because of your asthma?*

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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 1,164 59 5.0 3.4- 7.3 30 3.1 1.9- 5.0 164 15.5 12.7-18.8 911 76.4 72.7-79.8
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 28 1 2.4 0.3-15.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.1 0.9-32.4 26 91.5 69.2-98.1
GENDER
Male 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
Female 23 1 3.0 0.4-19.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.7 1.1-38.4 21 89.3 63.2-97.6
RACE
White 23 1 3.2 0.4-19.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.0 1.1-39.4 21 88.8 62.1-97.5
Other 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .
45+ 21 1 3.2 0.4-20.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.2 1.2-40.0 19 88.6 61.4-97.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 12 1 5.0 0.7-29.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 12.6 1.8-53.2 10 82.4 47.3-96.1
Some College + 16 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 17 1 4.2 0.6-24.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 16 95.8 75.1-99.4
$50,000+ 7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 22.5 3.3-71.0 6 77.5 29.0-96.7

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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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