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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, besides emergency room visits, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Once Twice Three or more times None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,186 154 13.8 11.0-17.3 95 9.1 6.8-11.9 145 11.5 9.3-14.0 792 65.6 61.6-69.4
-Guilford County 40 8 35.3 14.8-63.3 5 8.9 3.2-22.2 4 6.3 2.0-18.4 23 49.4 28.3-70.8
GENDER
Male 11 3 59.7 25.6-86.4 3 9.6 2.4-31.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 30.7 9.7-64.6
Female 29 5 10.8 3.8-27.3 2 8.2 1.7-31.3 4 12.7 4.2-32.4 18 68.3 47.5-83.7
RACE
White 34 8 39.7 17.0-67.8 4 7.7 2.4-22.1 1 1.0 0.1- 7.3 21 51.5 27.7-74.7
Other 6 0 0.0 . - . 1 18.3 2.5-66.5 3 49.1 14.7-84.4 2 32.6 7.2-75.2
AGE
18-44 14 4 58.5 25.0-85.6 1 3.2 0.4-21.6 0 0.0 . - . 9 38.3 13.1-71.8
45+ 26 4 10.3 3.4-27.6 4 15.0 5.2-36.5 4 13.1 4.4-33.3 14 61.5 40.6-78.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 15 4 55.6 23.1-83.9 3 9.3 2.4-29.7 1 5.7 0.7-33.5 7 29.5 10.2-60.5
Some College + 25 4 13.2 3.6-38.2 2 8.5 1.8-32.5 3 7.0 2.1-20.9 16 71.3 48.1-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 23 5 26.7 6.9-64.1 4 15.2 5.1-37.7 3 10.4 2.8-31.6 11 47.7 23.6-72.8
$50,000+ 9 1 23.1 3.5-71.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 76.9 28.8-96.5

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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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