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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County 26 5 22.3 9.1-45.1 4 11.3 4.1-27.9 2 8.6 2.1-29.0 15 57.8 36.9-76.3
GENDER
Male 4 0 0.0 . - . 1 12.0 1.3-57.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 88.0 42.2-98.7
Female 22 5 28.4 12.0-53.5 3 11.2 3.4-30.7 2 10.9 2.7-35.0 12 49.6 28.6-70.7
RACE
White 15 2 12.7 3.1-39.9 3 15.3 4.7-40.1 1 8.2 1.1-40.8 9 63.8 36.9-84.2
Other 11 3 36.5 12.0-70.7 1 5.5 0.7-31.5 1 9.2 1.2-44.6 6 48.9 20.7-77.8
AGE
18-44 7 3 49.1 16.2-82.8 1 7.2 0.9-39.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 43.7 13.4-79.5
45+ 19 2 10.4 2.5-34.2 3 13.2 4.1-35.2 2 12.4 3.0-38.7 12 64.0 39.6-82.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 9 2 23.8 5.9-60.9 2 18.2 4.2-52.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 58.0 25.7-84.6
Some College + 17 3 21.7 6.8-51.2 2 8.7 2.1-30.4 2 11.8 2.9-37.8 10 57.7 32.3-79.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 14 3 24.7 8.2-54.7 2 10.9 2.6-36.0 0 0.0 . - . 9 64.4 36.5-85.1
$50,000+ 5 0 0.0 . - . 1 14.9 1.8-62.5 1 14.7 1.8-62.0 3 70.4 26.7-93.9

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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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