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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,166 312 27.6 24.0-31.4 109 8.5 6.6-10.7 247 18.8 16.1-21.9 498 45.1 41.1-49.2
-Guilford County 38 5 11.7 4.2-28.4 3 9.6 2.6-29.6 9 17.0 7.5-33.9 21 61.8 40.2-79.5
GENDER
Male 10 1 7.9 1.0-42.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.8 2.0-41.9 7 81.3 47.6-95.4
Female 28 4 15.5 5.4-36.9 3 19.2 5.8-47.8 7 23.1 10.3-44.0 14 42.2 23.9-63.0
RACE
White 32 4 9.6 3.0-26.9 1 6.1 0.8-33.3 7 16.2 6.4-35.0 20 68.1 44.9-84.8
Other 6 1 28.5 4.3-77.8 2 38.0 9.1-79.0 2 23.5 5.1-63.9 1 10.0 1.3-49.6
AGE
18-44 13 2 10.4 2.0-40.2 2 15.5 3.1-51.0 3 11.9 2.6-40.5 6 62.2 27.5-87.7
45+ 25 3 13.2 3.9-36.0 1 3.1 0.4-19.2 6 22.5 9.6-44.3 15 61.2 39.6-79.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 13 2 8.2 1.5-34.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.9 1.4-27.8 9 85.0 57.5-95.9
Some College + 25 3 15.2 4.6-40.3 3 19.2 5.7-48.3 7 27.1 11.8-50.7 12 38.4 20.1-60.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 21 4 15.5 5.0-39.1 3 19.1 5.3-49.9 4 13.7 4.2-36.6 10 51.7 25.1-77.4
$50,000+ 9 1 23.1 3.5-71.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 18.8 4.2-54.9 6 58.1 22.8-86.6

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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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