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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for a routine checkup for your asthma?*

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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 1,171 307 27.3 23.9-31.1 136 11.6 9.0-14.7 220 16.3 13.8-19.2 508 44.8 40.9-48.8
-Durham County 30 10 34.5 16.7-58.0 3 7.9 2.2-24.5 5 9.1 3.1-24.0 12 48.6 27.6-70.0
GENDER
Male 5 2 20.8 4.1-62.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 79.2 38.0-95.9
Female 25 8 39.4 18.1-65.5 3 10.7 3.0-31.7 5 12.3 4.1-31.4 9 37.6 17.8-62.7
RACE
White 19 7 38.2 16.2-66.4 1 5.5 0.8-31.1 2 6.4 1.2-28.4 9 49.9 24.8-75.0
Other 11 3 24.6 6.8-59.4 2 14.1 2.8-48.1 3 16.2 4.1-46.9 3 45.0 14.3-80.1
AGE
18-44 14 6 38.8 14.8-69.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.7 0.5-23.2 7 57.5 27.6-82.7
45+ 16 4 26.8 9.2-56.9 3 21.8 6.5-53.0 4 18.7 5.4-47.8 5 32.7 12.8-61.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 6 2 23.6 4.8-65.4 2 29.0 5.7-73.4 1 21.8 3.0-71.4 1 25.7 3.7-75.5
Some College + 24 8 36.8 16.5-63.2 1 3.4 0.5-21.0 4 6.4 2.0-18.8 11 53.5 29.2-76.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 18 7 40.1 15.4-71.1 3 13.9 3.7-40.1 3 7.8 2.0-25.9 5 38.2 14.0-70.1
$50,000+ 9 3 44.2 15.4-77.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.9 0.4-19.6 5 52.9 20.9-82.7

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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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