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

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did you take a prescription asthma medication to prevent an asthma attack from occurring?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than once a week Once or twice a week > Twice a week not every day Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,183 240 21.5 18.4-25.0 36 3.4 2.1- 5.6 496 37.7 34.0-41.7 411 37.3 33.5-41.3
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 35 9 22.1 10.3-41.2 0 0.0 . - . 11 27.7 13.6-48.2 15 50.2 29.7-70.7
GENDER
Male 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
Female 30 9 30.6 15.2-51.9 0 0.0 . - . 11 38.3 20.6-59.8 10 31.1 15.8-52.1
RACE
White 21 4 22.0 7.8-48.7 0 0.0 . - . 7 26.7 11.0-51.8 10 51.3 28.4-73.6
Other 14 5 22.2 6.8-52.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 29.1 8.3-65.1 5 48.7 15.5-83.1
AGE
18-44 15 5 24.0 8.0-53.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 29.8 10.5-60.6 4 46.2 17.6-77.6
45+ 20 4 19.7 6.5-46.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 24.9 9.2-52.2 11 55.4 30.8-77.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 19 4 23.3 7.5-53.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 26.0 8.9-55.8 9 50.7 22.1-78.9
Some College + 16 5 20.5 7.7-44.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 30.0 11.7-58.1 6 49.5 25.0-74.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 27 7 25.9 11.6-48.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 39.5 20.7-62.0 10 34.7 17.6-56.9
$50,000+ 4 1 10.4 1.2-53.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 18.1 2.1-69.2 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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