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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 33 6 23.1 8.7-48.6 2 5.9 1.5-21.2 4 10.7 3.3-29.6 21 60.3 38.9-78.4
GENDER
Male 12 2 34.2 8.3-75.0 1 7.3 0.9-39.1 2 17.0 3.3-55.2 7 41.5 15.4-73.3
Female 21 4 15.0 5.3-35.5 1 5.0 0.7-28.3 2 6.1 1.3-23.7 14 73.9 51.8-88.2
RACE
White 28 4 23.0 7.1-53.7 2 7.3 1.8-25.6 3 6.3 1.8-19.4 19 63.4 38.7-82.6
Other 5 2 23.5 4.6-66.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 29.1 4.1-79.9 2 47.4 10.9-86.9
AGE
18-44 11 3 17.8 5.3-45.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 82.2 54.2-94.7
45+ 20 3 28.2 7.6-65.0 2 10.6 2.5-34.9 4 19.0 5.8-47.3 11 42.2 20.3-67.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 19 3 10.8 3.2-30.4 2 10.7 2.6-34.7 2 12.1 2.3-44.3 12 66.5 40.8-85.1
Some College + 14 3 38.5 12.0-74.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.9 2.0-32.4 9 52.6 22.3-81.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 27 5 26.4 9.1-56.3 2 7.8 1.9-27.0 3 6.7 1.9-20.6 17 59.1 34.8-79.6
$50,000+ 3 1 34.1 4.4-85.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 65.9 14.5-95.6

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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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