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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 29 3 11.6 3.1-35.3 1 2.9 0.4-18.5 14 37.8 19.6-60.1 11 47.7 25.3-71.1
GENDER
Male 6 1 19.8 2.3-71.7 1 8.3 0.9-46.9 3 22.9 4.7-64.1 1 49.1 9.8-89.6
Female 23 2 7.2 1.6-27.0 0 0.0 . - . 11 45.9 25.0-68.3 10 46.9 25.8-69.2
RACE
White 28 3 12.0 3.2-36.1 1 3.0 0.4-19.0 13 35.9 18.1-58.7 11 49.1 26.1-72.4
Other 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 6 2 27.6 4.9-73.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 14.6 2.6-52.2 2 57.8 16.2-90.7
45+ 23 1 2.3 0.3-14.8 1 4.6 0.6-26.7 12 51.4 29.3-72.9 9 41.7 21.5-65.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 18 1 2.4 0.3-16.2 1 4.8 0.6-29.0 11 45.8 18.9-75.4 5 47.0 18.0-78.2
Some College + 11 2 25.7 6.2-64.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 25.5 6.8-61.6 6 48.8 19.7-78.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 21 2 6.3 1.3-25.3 1 4.0 0.5-24.4 13 46.5 21.3-73.5 5 43.3 17.1-73.8
$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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