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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 26 5 22.3 8.3-47.5 5 12.0 4.1-29.9 6 19.0 7.7-39.6 10 46.8 23.4-71.7
GENDER
Male 5 1 21.5 2.4-75.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 24.9 4.7-69.1 1 53.5 10.8-91.6
Female 21 4 22.7 8.0-49.9 5 18.3 6.7-41.1 3 15.8 4.9-40.5 9 43.2 22.1-67.0
RACE
White 25 5 23.0 8.6-48.8 5 12.3 4.3-30.8 5 16.4 6.1-37.1 10 48.2 24.2-73.1
Other 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 6 2 27.6 4.9-73.7 1 10.9 1.2-54.3 2 14.6 2.6-52.2 1 46.9 9.1-88.6
45+ 20 3 18.8 5.4-48.6 4 12.7 4.1-33.0 4 21.8 7.9-47.5 9 46.7 24.1-70.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 16 1 5.1 0.7-30.4 4 14.9 4.1-41.8 5 28.6 9.9-59.4 6 51.5 20.6-81.2
Some College + 10 4 48.0 18.1-79.4 1 7.6 1.0-40.2 1 4.6 0.6-28.3 4 39.8 13.4-73.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 18 4 20.6 6.4-49.7 4 12.4 3.5-35.5 5 21.2 7.4-47.3 5 45.8 17.8-76.7
$50,000+ 4 1 47.2 8.3-89.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 52.8 10.2-91.7

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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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