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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-7 Days 8-30 days More than 30 Days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,123 190 18.8 15.4-22.7 107 8.7 6.8-11.0 71 5.1 3.8- 6.6 755 67.5 63.5-71.3
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 33 5 12.6 4.8-29.0 5 13.5 5.3-30.3 2 4.1 0.8-18.2 21 69.8 50.7-83.8
GENDER
Male 5 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.3 2.0-64.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 83.7 35.4-98.0
Female 28 5 16.8 6.5-37.1 4 12.5 4.5-30.5 2 5.5 1.1-23.4 17 65.1 43.7-81.8
RACE
White 23 3 12.4 3.9-33.4 5 17.8 6.8-39.0 2 5.4 1.1-23.4 13 64.4 41.1-82.4
Other 10 2 13.1 2.6-45.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 86.9 54.2-97.4
AGE
18-44 12 2 9.3 1.7-38.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.9 0.9-37.9 9 83.7 53.5-95.8
45+ 21 3 15.4 4.9-38.9 5 25.1 10.3-49.3 1 1.7 0.2-11.6 12 57.8 34.8-77.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 16 0 0.0 . - . 3 17.5 5.0-45.9 1 2.0 0.3-13.8 12 80.5 52.8-93.8
Some College + 17 5 23.3 8.6-49.5 2 10.0 2.3-34.2 1 5.9 0.8-32.9 9 60.7 33.8-82.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 20 3 11.8 3.3-34.4 4 19.4 6.8-44.3 1 1.6 0.2-11.1 12 67.2 42.3-85.1
$50,000+ 9 2 19.5 4.0-58.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 80.5 41.8-96.0

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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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