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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, besides emergency room visits, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Once Twice Three or more times None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,186 154 13.8 11.0-17.3 95 9.1 6.8-11.9 145 11.5 9.3-14.0 792 65.6 61.6-69.4
-Durham County 31 1 3.3 0.4-20.7 2 3.0 0.6-14.1 4 20.9 4.6-59.0 24 72.8 40.3-91.4
GENDER
Male 6 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.0 0.7-37.4 1 44.2 8.1-87.6 4 49.8 11.4-88.5
Female 25 1 5.4 0.8-30.4 1 1.0 0.1- 7.4 3 6.1 1.6-19.9 20 87.5 68.0-95.8
RACE
White 19 1 5.5 0.8-31.1 1 1.1 0.1- 7.6 0 0.0 . - . 17 93.4 70.7-98.8
Other 12 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.8 0.7-35.9 4 52.3 14.8-87.4 7 41.9 11.1-80.7
AGE
18-44 14 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.4 0.6-26.7 1 3.7 0.5-23.2 12 91.9 70.7-98.2
45+ 17 1 7.0 0.9-39.1 1 1.4 0.2-10.3 3 40.3 9.4-81.5 12 51.3 17.1-84.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 7 1 10.4 1.1-54.3 1 7.3 0.8-44.3 1 54.1 12.1-91.0 4 28.1 5.6-72.1
Some College + 24 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 6.7 3 5.4 1.5-18.2 20 93.6 81.2-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 18 1 7.0 0.9-37.4 1 5.0 0.7-29.2 3 7.8 2.0-25.9 13 80.2 54.1-93.3
$50,000+ 9 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.9 0.4-19.6 0 0.0 . - . 8 97.1 80.4-99.6

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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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