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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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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  Total
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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 28 7 23.4 10.8-43.4 2 6.3 1.6-22.3 13 50.6 31.7-69.3 6 19.7 8.6-39.0
GENDER
Male 5 1 21.6 2.9-71.8 1 15.1 1.9-61.9 2 39.0 8.7-81.1 1 24.4 3.4-74.8
Female 23 6 23.9 10.2-46.3 1 4.1 0.6-24.1 11 53.5 32.5-73.4 5 18.5 7.4-39.3
RACE
White 23 5 21.6 8.5-45.1 2 8.3 2.0-28.0 10 44.4 24.8-65.9 6 25.7 11.4-48.3
Other 5 2 29.2 6.4-71.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 70.8 28.7-93.6 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 7 2 17.9 4.0-53.5 1 13.1 1.7-56.2 2 42.6 12.3-79.8 2 26.4 5.9-67.3
45+ 21 5 25.2 10.4-49.6 1 4.1 0.6-24.3 11 53.2 31.3-73.9 4 17.5 6.3-40.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 12 3 26.0 8.2-57.9 0 0.0 . - . 8 66.9 36.6-87.7 1 7.1 1.0-37.3
Some College + 16 4 20.9 7.3-47.0 2 12.5 3.1-38.9 5 34.7 14.6-62.2 5 32.0 13.2-59.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 5 27.6 11.1-53.9 1 5.6 0.8-31.2 9 63.2 37.7-83.0 1 3.6 0.5-22.2
$50,000+ 7 2 30.9 7.0-72.5 1 12.3 1.6-54.3 1 13.2 1.7-56.3 3 43.6 13.7-79.0

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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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