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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 have any symptoms of asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^
None 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%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,155 339 30.4 26.9-34.0 224 19.0 16.1-22.2 228 20.6 17.3-24.2 109 8.5 6.8-10.7 255 21.5 18.1-25.4
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 36 7 14.2 6.1-29.7 12 29.1 15.2-48.6 9 31.6 13.6-57.6 3 10.5 3.1-29.8 5 14.5 5.2-34.4
GENDER
Male 5 2 18.6 2.9-63.7 1 9.7 1.0-52.3 1 52.5 10.6-91.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 19.2 2.2-72.0
Female 31 5 12.7 4.9-29.0 11 36.1 19.5-56.8 8 24.2 10.6-46.3 3 14.2 4.4-37.4 4 12.8 4.1-33.9
RACE
White 22 3 13.5 4.2-35.6 10 40.2 20.7-63.5 3 14.4 3.8-42.1 1 8.2 1.2-40.4 5 23.6 8.9-49.5
Other 14 4 15.4 4.2-42.7 2 11.3 2.4-40.1 6 59.2 25.1-86.3 2 14.1 2.9-47.8 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 15 2 8.7 1.9-31.4 5 26.0 8.8-55.9 3 39.0 12.0-75.1 2 10.2 2.2-36.7 3 16.2 4.0-47.0
45+ 21 5 20.5 7.6-44.7 7 32.7 14.8-57.7 6 23.3 8.8-48.8 1 10.8 1.6-47.9 2 12.7 2.6-44.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 20 4 10.2 3.1-28.5 5 23.1 8.0-51.0 6 39.8 14.2-72.5 3 17.5 5.0-46.1 2 9.4 1.7-38.7
Some College + 16 3 20.2 6.4-48.5 7 38.0 17.4-64.2 3 19.5 5.5-50.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 22.2 6.5-54.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 28 5 14.8 5.5-34.1 8 29.3 14.2-51.1 8 26.1 11.4-49.2 3 15.4 4.8-39.8 4 14.3 4.5-37.4
$50,000+ 4 1 30.2 3.9-82.0 3 69.8 18.0-96.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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