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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,166 312 27.6 24.0-31.4 109 8.5 6.6-10.7 247 18.8 16.1-21.9 498 45.1 41.1-49.2
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 33 14 41.8 23.6-62.6 3 9.4 3.0-26.1 5 14.2 5.6-31.3 11 34.6 17.2-57.3
GENDER
Male 5 2 50.1 12.8-87.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 27.5 5.6-70.9 1 22.5 3.0-73.3
Female 28 12 39.0 20.7-61.0 3 12.6 4.0-33.2 3 9.7 3.0-27.0 10 38.7 18.7-63.3
RACE
White 23 11 48.4 25.5-71.9 3 12.4 3.9-33.4 2 8.2 1.9-29.6 7 31.0 12.2-59.3
Other 10 3 21.2 5.6-54.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 32.9 10.3-67.7 4 46.0 16.6-78.5
AGE
18-44 12 6 54.1 21.5-83.5 1 7.5 1.0-40.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 38.4 11.7-74.6
45+ 21 8 31.3 14.3-55.3 2 11.1 2.8-35.3 5 26.3 11.0-50.8 6 31.3 13.7-56.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 16 8 48.8 22.3-76.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 25.7 9.1-54.6 4 25.4 8.3-56.2
Some College + 17 6 35.8 15.0-63.9 3 17.4 5.4-44.1 1 4.3 0.6-26.0 7 42.4 17.5-71.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 20 10 51.9 27.6-75.4 2 10.3 2.5-34.0 3 15.7 4.8-40.9 5 22.0 7.7-48.9
$50,000+ 9 2 14.6 2.5-53.2 1 11.7 1.5-54.0 1 7.8 1.0-42.6 5 65.9 27.9-90.6

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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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