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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you visit an emergency room or urgent care center because of 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 1,164 59 5.0 3.4- 7.3 30 3.1 1.9- 5.0 164 15.5 12.7-18.8 911 76.4 72.7-79.8
-Eastern NC 376 24 5.7 3.0-10.5 16 5.0 2.7- 9.2 69 20.2 14.8-26.8 267 69.1 62.0-75.4
GENDER
Male 75 2 2.2 0.5- 8.6 3 3.6 1.1-11.0 14 19.1 10.3-32.6 56 75.1 61.4-85.0
Female 301 22 6.9 3.5-13.2 13 5.5 2.7-11.0 55 20.5 14.3-28.5 211 67.1 58.7-74.4
RACE
White 237 11 5.2 2.0-13.0 12 6.3 3.1-12.4 37 17.2 10.9-26.2 177 71.2 61.7-79.2
African American 99 11 8.3 4.4-15.1 4 3.1 1.0- 9.1 27 32.7 22.1-45.3 57 55.9 43.9-67.2
Other Minorities 37 2 2.5 0.6-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 9.8 3.7-23.7 30 87.7 73.7-94.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 10 1 4.2 0.5-25.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.6 4.6-55.1 7 76.3 42.5-93.3
Non-Hispanic 364 23 5.8 3.0-10.7 16 5.2 2.8- 9.5 67 20.2 14.7-27.1 258 68.8 61.6-75.3
AGE
18-24 23 1 9.7 1.4-45.1 2 7.6 1.4-33.1 5 29.9 11.5-58.4 15 52.8 28.1-76.2
25-34 39 2 2.2 0.5- 8.7 2 5.3 1.3-19.3 8 19.8 9.2-37.6 27 72.7 54.8-85.4
35-44 64 6 7.7 3.3-17.2 2 2.7 0.6-10.6 12 17.0 8.7-30.5 44 72.6 58.7-83.1
45-54 95 6 3.7 1.6- 8.5 4 5.1 1.5-15.9 19 20.6 12.4-32.3 66 70.6 58.4-80.4
55-64 70 5 6.2 2.5-14.9 5 8.6 3.2-20.9 13 18.1 9.9-30.9 47 67.1 53.4-78.3
65-74 58 3 5.0 1.6-14.9 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 8 14.3 6.7-27.9 46 78.9 65.0-88.3
75+ 26 1 5.5 0.8-30.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 12.9 4.1-34.0 21 81.6 59.4-93.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 81 5 10.5 2.6-33.6 3 9.7 2.8-28.2 16 13.8 7.3-24.6 57 66.1 48.7-80.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 105 6 4.5 1.9-10.4 9 8.0 3.9-15.7 19 22.0 10.9-39.2 71 65.5 50.8-77.8
Some Post-H.S. 104 7 3.9 1.7- 8.6 3 1.7 0.5- 5.4 17 22.0 12.7-35.3 77 72.4 59.4-82.4
College Graduate 85 6 4.9 2.1-10.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 17 22.1 13.6-33.9 61 72.5 60.7-81.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 86 6 5.6 2.3-12.8 7 9.1 4.0-19.2 19 21.2 12.2-34.3 54 64.1 50.7-75.6
$15,000- 24,999 75 5 5.1 2.0-12.4 3 8.7 2.1-30.1 16 24.7 14.0-39.8 51 61.4 46.0-74.8
$25,000- 34,999 50 2 1.8 0.4- 7.0 2 1.9 0.4- 7.8 10 19.2 9.4-35.1 36 77.2 61.4-87.8
$35,000- 49,999 47 5 7.3 2.8-17.5 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 8 22.1 10.1-41.7 33 69.4 51.2-83.0
$50,000-74,999 37 2 4.3 1.0-16.4 1 4.3 0.6-24.7 7 18.2 8.2-35.6 27 73.3 54.9-86.1
$75,000+ 27 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.1 0.4-19.5 2 11.5 2.5-39.5 24 85.4 59.3-95.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 234 14 4.1 2.3- 7.2 14 7.7 3.9-14.5 41 15.1 10.2-21.8 165 73.1 65.1-79.8
No 133 8 3.8 1.8- 7.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 27 28.9 18.5-42.1 97 66.4 53.8-77.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 35 1 2.2 0.3-14.3 1 2.6 0.4-16.8 8 30.1 14.7-51.8 25 65.1 44.2-81.4
Non-Veteran 339 23 6.2 3.2-11.5 15 5.3 2.7-10.0 61 19.0 13.5-26.1 240 69.5 61.9-76.2

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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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