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

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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 34 3 3.4 1.1-10.7 3 12.5 3.5-35.9 9 25.5 12.6-44.7 19 58.6 39.1-75.8
GENDER
Male 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .
Female 30 3 4.0 1.2-12.5 3 14.7 4.2-40.5 9 30.0 15.0-51.0 15 51.3 31.3-71.0
RACE
White 21 1 1.3 0.2- 9.2 3 17.7 5.0-46.8 3 9.3 2.5-28.8 14 71.7 46.1-88.3
Other 13 2 8.5 2.0-30.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 64.2 35.8-85.3 5 27.3 10.0-55.9
AGE
18-44 13 1 2.1 0.3-14.6 2 17.9 3.3-57.9 5 33.0 12.6-62.7 5 47.0 20.3-75.5
45+ 21 2 4.5 1.1-17.1 1 8.2 1.2-40.5 4 19.6 6.4-46.5 14 67.7 41.9-86.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 19 1 2.3 0.3-15.5 3 22.6 6.5-55.0 4 19.7 6.5-46.4 11 55.3 29.3-78.7
Some College + 15 2 4.8 1.1-18.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 32.5 12.8-61.1 8 62.7 35.2-83.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 27 2 3.2 0.8-12.4 2 10.0 1.8-39.8 9 32.5 16.1-54.5 14 54.3 32.9-74.3
$50,000+ 4 1 10.4 1.2-53.6 0 0.0 . - . 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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