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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 33 8 23.5 11.2-42.7 2 9.2 2.3-30.9 8 18.6 8.3-36.5 15 48.7 29.4-68.4
GENDER
Male 12 2 19.5 4.3-56.3 1 13.4 1.8-56.1 1 3.2 0.4-21.3 8 63.9 29.5-88.2
Female 21 6 26.3 11.5-49.5 1 6.2 0.9-33.4 7 29.7 13.2-54.0 7 37.8 17.9-62.9
RACE
White 28 6 23.5 10.1-45.8 1 4.5 0.6-26.1 7 20.2 8.5-40.9 14 51.8 30.5-72.4
Other 5 2 23.2 4.5-65.7 1 29.1 4.1-79.9 1 11.9 1.4-56.0 1 35.8 5.6-83.9
AGE
18-44 12 6 43.3 18.3-72.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 22.8 6.5-55.8 3 33.8 11.3-67.1
45+ 20 2 9.2 2.2-31.5 2 16.5 4.0-48.1 5 16.1 5.8-37.2 11 58.2 31.9-80.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 18 3 18.2 5.3-46.8 1 10.3 1.5-46.8 6 28.3 11.5-54.7 8 43.1 20.8-68.7
Some College + 15 5 29.7 10.9-59.1 1 7.9 1.1-40.6 2 7.2 1.6-27.1 7 55.2 26.3-81.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 27 7 27.3 12.4-50.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 24.5 11.0-46.1 12 48.1 26.6-70.4
$50,000+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 40.9 5.8-88.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 59.1 11.4-94.2

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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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