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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 30 12 29.0 13.6-51.4 3 4.4 1.1-15.6 6 30.5 10.1-63.2 9 36.1 16.8-61.1
GENDER
Male 6 3 25.5 5.3-67.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 44.2 8.1-87.6 2 30.4 5.7-76.0
Female 24 9 31.7 14.9-55.1 3 7.7 2.1-24.9 5 20.2 7.7-43.6 7 40.4 19.7-65.2
RACE
White 18 9 40.8 18.9-67.1 1 2.2 0.3-14.6 2 12.8 3.1-39.8 6 44.3 20.5-71.0
Other 12 3 14.0 3.2-44.8 2 7.3 1.2-34.3 4 53.1 15.3-87.6 3 25.6 5.2-68.3
AGE
18-44 13 6 37.0 14.3-67.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.4 0.6-26.9 6 58.6 28.9-83.1
45+ 17 6 21.6 6.6-51.7 3 8.5 1.9-30.4 5 54.7 21.1-84.5 3 15.1 3.7-45.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 7 1 7.3 0.8-44.3 1 3.5 0.4-26.1 4 77.4 34.2-95.8 1 11.8 1.3-57.9
Some College + 23 11 40.7 20.1-65.1 2 4.9 0.9-21.9 2 5.2 1.2-20.3 8 49.2 25.8-72.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 17 7 40.9 17.1-70.0 2 4.5 1.0-18.7 4 19.3 6.0-47.1 4 35.3 11.6-69.5
$50,000+ 9 5 49.5 19.0-80.4 1 10.5 1.4-49.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 40.0 13.4-74.3

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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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