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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 see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for a routine checkup for 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 1,171 307 27.3 23.9-31.1 136 11.6 9.0-14.7 220 16.3 13.8-19.2 508 44.8 40.9-48.8
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 35 6 12.3 4.1-31.8 4 10.7 3.8-26.5 11 32.0 17.1-51.7 14 45.0 27.4-63.9
GENDER
Male 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .
Female 31 6 14.4 4.8-36.1 4 12.5 4.5-30.4 11 37.4 20.3-58.4 10 35.7 19.0-56.7
RACE
White 22 4 13.6 3.5-40.8 3 11.6 3.5-32.4 6 23.4 9.2-47.9 9 51.3 28.9-73.2
Other 13 2 9.0 2.1-31.8 1 8.4 1.1-42.2 5 53.3 25.1-79.5 5 29.2 10.7-58.6
AGE
18-44 14 4 21.7 5.8-55.7 3 20.0 6.2-48.8 3 19.1 5.7-47.9 4 39.2 15.6-69.2
45+ 21 2 4.4 1.0-16.8 1 2.9 0.4-18.4 8 42.8 21.0-67.8 10 49.9 26.7-73.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 19 4 19.2 5.2-50.4 1 6.8 0.9-36.0 7 38.0 16.7-65.1 7 36.1 15.5-63.5
Some College + 16 2 4.5 1.0-17.5 3 15.2 4.6-39.9 4 25.1 8.7-54.1 7 55.2 29.8-78.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 28 5 14.4 4.4-38.1 3 11.5 3.6-31.1 10 34.8 17.8-56.8 10 39.3 21.0-61.2
$50,000+ 4 1 10.4 1.2-53.6 1 18.1 2.1-69.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 71.5 25.2-94.9

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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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