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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, besides emergency room visits, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Once Twice Three or more times None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,186 154 13.8 11.0-17.3 95 9.1 6.8-11.9 145 11.5 9.3-14.0 792 65.6 61.6-69.4
-Gaston County 35 8 30.3 14.3-53.0 4 14.7 5.2-35.1 4 12.4 3.9-33.2 19 42.6 25.6-61.6
GENDER
Male 12 3 38.7 11.2-76.1 1 13.0 1.8-55.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 48.3 18.4-79.4
Female 23 5 24.6 10.3-48.1 3 15.9 4.7-41.8 4 20.7 6.7-48.4 11 38.8 20.6-60.9
RACE
White 30 7 34.5 16.1-59.1 3 15.3 4.8-39.6 2 4.5 1.0-18.4 18 45.7 26.6-66.0
Other 5 1 11.6 1.4-55.4 1 11.9 1.4-56.0 2 47.4 10.9-86.9 1 29.1 4.1-79.9
AGE
18-44 13 3 20.6 6.4-49.9 3 29.0 9.4-61.7 3 26.1 7.7-59.9 4 24.3 8.3-53.2
45+ 20 4 36.4 13.3-68.2 1 4.0 0.5-24.2 1 2.0 0.3-13.5 14 57.6 29.0-82.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 20 3 12.3 3.7-33.4 4 26.3 9.7-54.2 3 17.5 4.5-48.8 10 44.0 22.5-68.0
Some College + 15 5 53.3 24.8-79.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.9 0.8-33.3 9 40.8 17.3-69.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 28 5 28.3 10.5-57.0 4 19.9 7.1-44.6 3 7.8 2.3-23.6 16 43.9 24.6-65.3
$50,000+ 3 2 75.1 21.3-97.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 24.9 2.9-78.7

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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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