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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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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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
-Gaston County 35 7 29.1 14.2-50.6 0 0.0 . - . 18 36.0 21.2-54.1 10 34.9 17.9-56.9
GENDER
Male 12 2 19.5 4.3-56.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 18.2 5.5-46.0 6 62.3 29.8-86.5
Female 23 5 35.6 16.1-61.3 0 0.0 . - . 14 47.8 27.0-69.4 4 16.6 5.8-39.1
RACE
White 30 5 25.0 10.6-48.3 0 0.0 . - . 17 41.4 23.7-61.7 8 33.6 15.4-58.4
Other 5 2 47.4 10.9-86.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.9 1.4-56.0 2 40.7 8.5-83.4
AGE
18-44 13 5 53.0 25.9-78.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 33.1 13.6-60.8 2 13.9 3.2-44.1
45+ 20 2 11.4 2.7-37.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 34.8 16.2-59.6 8 53.9 28.4-77.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 20 4 34.1 13.9-62.5 0 0.0 . - . 11 40.8 20.9-64.4 5 25.0 9.6-51.0
Some College + 15 3 22.7 6.9-53.9 0 0.0 . - . 7 29.8 11.9-57.2 5 47.5 19.5-77.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 28 4 22.2 8.3-47.4 0 0.0 . - . 16 41.8 23.3-63.0 8 36.0 16.5-61.6
$50,000+ 3 1 40.9 5.8-88.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 24.9 2.9-78.7 1 34.1 4.4-85.5

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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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