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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

Asthma

During the past 12 months, besides emergency room visits, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

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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 1,186 154 13.8 11.0-17.3 95 9.1 6.8-11.9 145 11.5 9.3-14.0 792 65.6 61.6-69.4
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 34 4 7.8 2.6-20.6 1 4.0 0.6-23.4 6 15.3 6.4-32.1 23 73.0 54.5-85.9
GENDER
Male 6 1 9.7 1.2-48.6 1 14.1 1.8-59.4 1 13.4 1.7-57.8 3 62.8 24.2-90.0
Female 28 3 7.0 2.0-21.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 16.0 6.2-35.4 20 77.0 57.1-89.4
RACE
White 24 1 2.6 0.3-16.6 1 5.2 0.7-29.1 5 16.4 6.2-36.8 17 75.9 54.0-89.4
Other 10 3 24.9 6.9-59.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.5 1.6-51.7 6 63.5 29.8-87.7
AGE
18-44 12 1 4.4 0.6-27.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 11 95.6 72.6-99.4
45+ 22 3 10.4 3.0-30.4 1 7.1 1.0-36.5 6 27.5 12.2-51.0 12 54.9 32.7-75.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 17 2 9.7 2.3-33.4 1 8.3 1.1-41.1 3 15.2 4.2-42.4 11 66.8 39.2-86.2
Some College + 17 2 5.9 1.2-24.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.3 4.6-40.3 12 78.8 53.8-92.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 21 2 7.9 1.9-27.9 1 6.7 0.9-35.3 4 17.5 6.0-41.4 14 67.9 43.2-85.4
$50,000+ 9 2 10.7 1.9-42.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 89.3 57.9-98.1

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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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