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

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-7 Days 8-30 days More than 30 Days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,123 190 18.8 15.4-22.7 107 8.7 6.8-11.0 71 5.1 3.8- 6.6 755 67.5 63.5-71.3
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 35 8 36.6 17.2-61.6 4 6.0 1.9-16.9 4 6.9 2.4-18.7 19 50.5 29.8-71.1
GENDER
Male 5 1 52.5 10.6-91.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 47.5 8.8-89.4
Female 30 7 30.6 14.4-53.6 4 8.2 2.7-22.3 4 9.5 3.3-24.5 15 51.7 31.6-71.3
RACE
White 21 3 17.1 4.8-45.8 2 2.8 0.7-11.3 3 8.0 2.3-24.2 13 72.1 47.2-88.2
Other 14 5 65.8 32.8-88.3 2 10.6 2.2-38.5 1 5.4 0.7-32.6 6 18.2 5.8-44.7
AGE
18-44 15 6 55.6 25.6-82.0 3 6.5 1.7-22.2 1 3.9 0.5-24.6 5 34.0 12.5-65.1
45+ 20 2 13.0 2.6-45.7 1 5.3 0.7-30.0 3 10.7 3.1-30.9 14 71.0 44.4-88.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 19 6 51.0 22.5-78.8 2 4.8 1.0-20.2 1 2.0 0.3-14.0 10 42.3 17.6-71.5
Some College + 16 2 16.5 3.9-49.3 2 7.6 1.6-30.0 3 13.8 4.1-37.2 9 62.1 35.5-83.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 28 7 31.3 14.6-54.8 3 7.2 2.1-22.1 4 9.8 3.4-25.1 14 51.7 31.0-71.8
$50,000+ 4 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.4 1.2-53.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 89.6 46.4-98.8

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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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