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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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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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
-Durham County 31 8 33.8 13.4-62.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5 14 36.1 17.7-59.8 8 29.1 12.7-53.7
GENDER
Male 6 3 63.7 20.4-92.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.0 0.7-37.4 2 30.4 5.7-76.0
Female 25 5 14.7 5.5-33.8 1 1.5 0.2-10.3 13 55.4 31.6-77.0 6 28.3 11.3-55.1
RACE
White 19 5 20.2 6.9-46.3 0 0.0 . - . 8 44.5 20.8-71.1 6 35.3 14.5-63.6
Other 12 3 54.3 16.3-87.8 1 2.3 0.3-17.2 6 23.5 6.5-57.7 2 19.9 3.1-65.6
AGE
18-44 14 3 18.5 5.1-49.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 35.6 12.6-67.8 6 45.9 19.3-75.1
45+ 17 5 51.0 17.7-83.5 1 1.9 0.2-14.2 9 36.8 12.5-70.4 2 10.3 1.8-41.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 7 2 57.6 14.7-91.5 1 2.9 0.3-22.4 3 27.7 5.5-71.8 1 11.8 1.3-57.9
Some College + 24 6 22.7 9.1-46.5 0 0.0 . - . 11 40.1 19.0-65.6 7 37.2 16.5-64.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 18 5 24.6 8.2-54.5 1 1.9 0.2-13.5 9 49.3 21.7-77.3 3 24.2 6.0-61.4
$50,000+ 9 2 22.9 5.5-60.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 44.6 15.8-77.5 3 32.6 9.7-68.6

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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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