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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did symptoms of asthma make it difficult for you to stay asleep?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-2 days 3-4 days 5-10 days More than 10 days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 836 149 18.2 14.6-22.3 88 10.4 7.9-13.6 79 10.8 7.9-14.8 125 12.7 10.0-16.1 395 47.9 42.9-52.8
-Gaston County 28 7 30.7 14.7-53.2 4 12.5 4.4-31.1 1 2.1 0.3-13.8 1 4.2 0.6-24.7 15 50.4 30.6-70.1
GENDER
Male 10 1 19.7 2.9-66.7 1 5.0 0.6-29.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 75.3 33.7-94.8
Female 18 6 36.5 16.2-63.0 3 16.6 5.1-42.5 1 3.2 0.4-20.3 1 6.5 0.9-34.6 7 37.2 16.6-63.8
RACE
White 24 6 35.5 16.9-59.9 3 12.3 3.6-34.5 1 2.7 0.4-17.2 1 5.4 0.8-29.9 13 44.2 25.0-65.2
Other 4 1 13.1 1.5-60.4 1 13.5 1.5-61.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 73.4 27.8-95.2
AGE
18-44 11 4 42.8 16.7-73.7 2 15.9 3.6-48.6 1 4.2 0.5-25.7 1 8.4 1.1-42.1 3 28.8 8.3-64.4
45+ 15 3 19.9 5.8-49.7 2 9.9 2.3-34.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 10 70.2 42.2-88.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 15 4 29.8 10.3-60.9 2 9.5 2.2-32.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.0 1.0-37.0 8 53.8 26.8-78.7
Some College + 13 3 32.1 11.1-64.2 2 17.2 3.8-52.5 1 5.3 0.7-30.4 0 0.0 . - . 7 45.4 20.8-72.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 23 6 35.5 16.6-60.5 4 17.1 6.0-39.9 1 2.9 0.4-18.2 1 5.8 0.8-31.4 11 38.7 20.7-60.5
$50,000+ 2 1 62.2 9.3-96.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 37.8 3.7-90.7

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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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