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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did you take a prescription asthma medication to prevent an asthma attack from occurring?*

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  Total
Respond.^
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%)
North Carolina 1,183 240 21.5 18.4-25.0 36 3.4 2.1- 5.6 496 37.7 34.0-41.7 411 37.3 33.5-41.3
-Forsyth County 25 6 24.9 11.3-46.3 0 0.0 . - . 8 29.2 14.2-50.6 11 45.9 26.2-67.0
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 5 28.8 12.6-53.0 0 0.0 . - . 7 32.8 15.5-56.4 9 38.5 20.1-60.8
RACE
White 15 5 32.0 13.1-59.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 29.4 11.3-57.6 5 38.6 15.8-67.8
Other 10 1 11.7 1.6-51.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 28.9 9.0-62.4 6 59.4 28.0-84.7
AGE
18-44 6 2 31.8 7.6-72.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 47.6 14.1-83.4 2 20.7 4.5-59.1
45+ 19 4 22.6 8.4-48.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 23.1 9.7-45.6 9 54.3 30.7-76.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 9 2 27.4 7.0-65.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 15.4 3.5-47.4 5 57.2 24.9-84.3
Some College + 16 4 23.8 8.7-50.5 0 0.0 . - . 6 35.1 15.3-61.7 6 41.1 18.5-68.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 14 4 35.3 14.1-64.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 27.5 9.8-57.0 6 37.2 16.0-65.0
$50,000+ 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 47.0 11.4-85.9 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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