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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^
None 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%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,155 339 30.4 26.9-34.0 224 19.0 16.1-22.2 228 20.6 17.3-24.2 109 8.5 6.8-10.7 255 21.5 18.1-25.4
-Gaston County 34 6 21.8 7.9-47.5 7 20.8 9.0-41.1 8 21.6 10.1-40.3 4 11.8 3.9-30.3 9 24.0 11.6-43.2
GENDER
Male 12 2 34.2 8.3-75.0 2 10.1 2.1-36.8 3 24.0 6.5-58.8 1 3.3 0.4-21.5 4 28.4 8.6-62.6
Female 22 4 13.0 4.5-32.3 5 28.3 11.2-55.2 5 19.9 7.8-42.2 3 17.8 5.5-44.6 5 21.0 8.1-44.3
RACE
White 29 5 24.2 8.1-53.5 5 14.6 5.5-33.2 8 26.7 12.5-48.0 4 14.5 4.9-36.1 7 20.1 8.8-39.6
Other 5 1 11.6 1.4-55.4 2 47.4 10.9-86.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 41.0 8.6-83.7
AGE
18-44 12 1 5.3 0.7-30.5 3 31.2 9.8-65.3 2 17.4 3.8-53.0 2 19.2 4.5-54.5 4 26.9 9.3-57.0
45+ 20 5 35.5 12.7-67.5 4 14.1 4.7-35.1 4 20.5 7.3-45.8 2 6.8 1.5-25.6 5 23.2 8.1-50.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 19 4 14.0 4.7-34.8 4 23.9 7.9-53.5 5 24.5 9.2-51.0 1 9.8 1.4-45.3 5 27.7 10.8-54.8
Some College + 15 2 31.2 7.6-71.4 3 17.0 4.7-46.2 3 18.1 5.2-46.8 3 14.2 4.0-39.5 4 19.6 6.1-47.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 28 5 24.6 8.1-54.9 5 15.5 5.9-35.0 6 20.1 8.1-41.8 4 15.4 5.2-37.9 8 24.3 11.2-44.9
$50,000+ 3 1 34.1 4.4-85.5 1 24.9 2.9-78.7 1 40.9 5.8-88.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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