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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-7 Days 8-30 days More than 30 Days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,123 190 18.8 15.4-22.7 107 8.7 6.8-11.0 71 5.1 3.8- 6.6 755 67.5 63.5-71.3
-Guilford County 36 6 31.4 11.0-62.9 1 1.7 0.2-11.5 2 2.4 0.6- 9.6 27 64.5 35.6-85.7
GENDER
Male 10 2 42.4 9.3-84.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 57.6 15.9-90.7
Female 26 4 21.3 7.9-45.9 1 3.3 0.4-20.1 2 4.5 1.1-17.1 19 70.9 47.9-86.6
RACE
White 31 5 31.4 9.9-65.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.2 0.2- 8.6 25 67.4 34.0-89.2
Other 5 1 31.7 4.8-80.9 1 17.4 2.2-66.0 1 13.0 1.6-57.8 2 38.0 8.4-80.3
AGE
18-44 13 4 52.5 17.4-85.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 47.5 14.7-82.6
45+ 23 2 10.3 2.3-36.3 1 3.4 0.5-20.8 2 4.7 1.1-17.7 18 81.5 59.2-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 11 3 54.9 16.9-87.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 45.1 12.1-83.1
Some College + 25 3 14.3 4.3-38.1 1 2.9 0.4-18.5 2 4.1 1.0-15.7 19 78.7 56.6-91.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 20 4 24.8 9.2-52.0 1 3.8 0.5-23.1 1 2.8 0.4-18.2 14 68.5 42.8-86.4
$50,000+ 9 1 7.2 0.9-38.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 92.8 61.1-99.1

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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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