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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 34 7 21.7 8.0-46.8 8 24.3 10.5-46.6 5 15.2 6.2-32.7 5 13.3 5.2-30.0 9 25.5 12.5-45.0
GENDER
Male 6 0 0.0 . - . 2 43.4 11.0-82.6 1 13.4 1.7-57.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 43.3 12.1-80.9
Female 28 7 30.2 11.9-58.1 6 16.9 6.5-37.1 4 15.9 5.9-36.5 5 18.5 7.3-39.6 6 18.6 7.7-38.5
RACE
White 24 4 21.4 6.1-53.5 7 30.6 13.0-56.6 4 16.2 5.9-37.5 4 14.4 5.0-35.2 5 17.4 6.6-38.6
Other 10 3 22.7 6.0-57.5 1 3.4 0.4-22.5 1 11.8 1.6-52.3 1 9.7 1.3-46.7 4 52.4 21.3-81.8
AGE
18-44 12 3 31.9 7.8-72.3 4 35.3 10.6-71.4 2 13.7 3.1-44.2 1 4.6 0.6-28.4 2 14.5 3.3-45.7
45+ 22 4 13.5 4.6-33.8 4 15.5 5.2-38.0 3 16.4 5.3-40.7 4 20.2 7.4-44.6 7 34.3 16.1-58.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 17 1 3.5 0.5-21.9 5 34.1 12.1-66.1 3 19.0 5.9-46.7 1 3.7 0.5-22.7 7 39.7 17.4-67.4
Some College + 17 6 38.5 14.5-69.8 3 15.2 4.1-43.0 2 11.7 2.8-38.0 4 22.2 7.7-49.5 2 12.4 3.0-39.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 21 2 7.5 1.7-28.0 8 41.1 19.3-67.1 3 15.6 4.9-39.9 2 8.0 1.9-28.8 6 27.7 11.3-53.7
$50,000+ 9 4 52.5 16.7-85.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 20.8 4.4-60.0 2 15.0 3.1-49.4 1 11.7 1.5-54.0

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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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