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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 27 6 22.7 10.1-43.2 5 19.4 7.7-40.9 4 12.6 4.6-30.2 5 21.9 9.0-44.4 7 23.4 10.6-44.1
GENDER
Male 5 2 35.2 7.6-78.2 1 21.6 2.9-71.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 43.2 10.5-83.2
Female 22 4 19.1 7.1-42.1 4 18.8 6.5-43.4 4 16.2 5.9-37.2 5 28.2 11.8-53.3 5 17.8 6.7-39.3
RACE
White 22 6 30.4 13.9-54.0 3 12.1 3.6-34.1 3 12.1 3.7-32.8 5 29.4 12.5-54.8 5 16.0 6.3-34.9
Other 5 0 0.0 . - . 2 40.7 9.8-81.2 1 14.1 1.8-59.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 45.2 11.8-83.6
AGE
18-44 7 1 17.9 2.5-65.0 1 8.9 1.1-45.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 21.6 4.8-60.1 3 51.6 18.0-83.8
45+ 20 5 24.4 10.0-48.5 4 23.3 8.5-49.6 4 17.2 6.3-39.4 3 22.1 7.3-50.4 4 13.0 4.5-32.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 11 1 8.4 1.1-42.1 2 23.0 5.7-59.6 1 7.9 1.1-40.7 2 21.5 5.1-58.2 5 39.3 15.0-70.3
Some College + 16 5 34.4 14.6-61.6 3 16.5 4.8-43.4 3 16.4 5.1-42.0 3 22.3 6.9-52.7 2 10.4 2.5-34.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 2 8.6 2.1-29.7 5 33.9 14.0-61.8 3 16.9 5.2-42.9 2 16.9 4.1-49.3 4 23.7 8.1-52.4
$50,000+ 7 3 48.7 16.5-82.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 42.8 13.2-78.7 1 8.4 1.1-43.7

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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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