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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^
None 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%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,155 339 30.4 26.9-34.0 224 19.0 16.1-22.2 228 20.6 17.3-24.2 109 8.5 6.8-10.7 255 21.5 18.1-25.4
-Durham County 30 7 30.2 12.9-55.8 7 12.3 5.2-26.7 7 35.6 13.9-65.4 7 19.3 8.1-39.5 2 2.6 0.5-12.3
GENDER
Male 6 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.6 2.1-44.2 3 78.8 40.0-95.4 1 9.6 1.1-50.4 0 0.0 . - .
Female 24 7 50.2 26.6-73.7 5 12.8 4.9-29.7 4 6.9 2.3-19.2 6 25.7 10.6-50.4 2 4.3 0.9-19.2
RACE
White 19 5 35.8 14.4-65.0 5 12.5 4.6-29.7 4 25.9 8.1-58.3 5 25.7 9.9-52.0 0 0.0 . - .
Other 11 2 21.1 3.2-68.2 2 12.0 2.2-44.7 3 51.0 12.7-88.2 2 9.1 1.6-38.4 2 6.8 1.1-32.5
AGE
18-44 14 5 46.8 19.7-75.9 5 16.3 5.8-38.2 2 25.5 6.6-62.4 1 7.7 1.0-39.8 1 3.7 0.5-23.2
45+ 16 2 10.5 1.9-42.1 2 7.6 1.5-31.0 5 47.5 13.8-83.6 6 33.0 10.3-67.9 1 1.4 0.2-10.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 7 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.3 0.8-44.3 2 57.0 14.2-91.4 4 35.7 7.2-79.8 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 23 7 44.7 21.5-70.5 6 14.7 5.9-32.2 5 25.3 8.4-55.6 3 11.4 3.1-33.9 2 3.9 0.8-17.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 17 1 20.4 3.1-66.9 7 26.9 10.6-53.3 4 34.6 11.0-69.3 3 12.4 3.1-38.4 2 5.7 1.1-25.0
$50,000+ 9 5 61.5 26.8-87.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 9.5 1.9-35.9 2 29.0 7.2-68.3 0 0.0 . - .

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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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