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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County 25 10 44.2 24.9-65.5 1 3.9 0.5-23.1 4 13.2 4.6-32.3 10 38.7 20.5-60.7
GENDER
Male 4 1 12.0 1.3-57.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.4 2.0-68.4 2 70.6 24.4-94.7
Female 21 9 53.3 31.5-73.9 1 4.9 0.7-28.1 3 12.1 3.5-34.0 8 29.7 14.4-51.5
RACE
White 14 7 51.8 25.2-77.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.6 2.9-41.5 5 35.6 13.6-66.0
Other 11 3 33.4 10.2-68.8 1 9.4 1.3-45.4 2 14.1 3.2-45.4 5 43.1 17.2-73.4
AGE
18-44 7 4 72.2 35.6-92.4 1 12.4 1.6-54.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 15.4 3.3-49.1
45+ 18 6 31.6 13.9-56.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 19.2 6.8-43.9 8 49.2 25.9-72.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 8 2 29.4 7.5-68.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 70.6 31.8-92.5
Some College + 17 8 49.5 25.6-73.7 1 5.2 0.7-29.6 4 18.0 6.2-42.1 4 27.3 9.6-57.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 13 5 44.3 19.7-72.0 1 8.6 1.2-42.3 2 12.8 2.9-41.7 5 34.3 13.6-63.5
$50,000+ 5 2 37.3 7.9-80.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.7 1.1-50.1 2 53.0 14.1-88.6

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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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