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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for a routine checkup for your asthma?*

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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 1,171 307 27.3 23.9-31.1 136 11.6 9.0-14.7 220 16.3 13.8-19.2 508 44.8 40.9-48.8
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 34 8 29.6 13.6-53.1 3 6.3 1.9-19.0 9 23.8 11.8-42.0 14 40.3 22.6-60.8
GENDER
Male 6 1 14.1 1.8-59.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 23.0 4.9-63.4 3 62.8 24.2-90.0
Female 28 7 35.7 15.9-61.9 3 8.8 2.6-25.5 7 24.1 10.9-45.2 11 31.5 16.0-52.6
RACE
White 24 6 33.9 14.4-61.1 2 6.5 1.5-23.4 5 18.2 7.0-39.7 11 41.4 21.0-65.3
Other 10 2 15.4 3.0-51.3 1 5.8 0.7-33.3 4 42.3 15.2-75.0 3 36.6 10.5-73.8
AGE
18-44 12 5 46.3 16.7-78.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.5 1.0-40.0 6 46.2 17.0-78.2
45+ 22 3 16.3 4.8-43.1 3 11.4 3.5-31.5 8 36.8 18.5-59.9 8 35.5 17.3-59.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 17 3 18.1 5.4-45.8 1 2.8 0.4-18.2 4 20.9 7.0-48.0 9 58.3 31.4-80.9
Some College + 17 5 40.3 15.7-71.1 2 9.5 2.2-32.8 5 26.5 10.2-53.3 5 23.7 8.6-50.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 21 3 14.7 4.5-38.7 2 6.9 1.5-26.1 7 30.1 13.5-54.3 9 48.4 25.2-72.3
$50,000+ 9 4 58.3 21.6-87.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.7 1.5-54.0 4 30.0 8.5-66.6

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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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