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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,166 312 27.6 24.0-31.4 109 8.5 6.6-10.7 247 18.8 16.1-21.9 498 45.1 41.1-49.2
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 34 8 19.0 8.4-37.7 3 7.5 2.0-24.1 10 26.9 13.0-47.6 13 46.5 25.8-68.5
GENDER
Male 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .
Female 30 8 25.6 12.0-46.5 3 10.1 2.8-30.3 10 36.2 19.1-57.7 9 28.1 13.3-49.8
RACE
White 20 4 14.1 4.6-36.2 3 12.8 3.5-37.2 5 28.0 10.9-55.3 8 45.1 22.9-69.4
Other 14 4 26.0 7.2-61.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 25.4 7.7-58.4 5 48.6 15.4-83.1
AGE
18-44 14 3 11.4 2.9-35.7 1 1.8 0.2-12.6 5 24.4 8.2-54.0 5 62.4 31.8-85.6
45+ 20 5 27.4 10.6-54.8 2 13.8 3.3-42.7 5 29.6 11.1-58.8 8 29.1 12.8-53.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 19 2 4.0 0.9-16.3 2 8.5 1.5-35.7 8 39.3 16.0-68.8 7 48.1 19.9-77.6
Some College + 15 6 41.1 18.2-68.6 1 6.0 0.8-33.2 2 8.7 2.0-31.0 6 44.2 20.2-71.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 26 6 22.6 9.4-45.3 2 5.1 1.1-21.0 9 33.2 16.2-55.9 9 39.1 19.9-62.5
$50,000+ 4 2 51.8 11.0-90.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 48.2 9.7-89.0

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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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