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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for a routine checkup for your asthma?*

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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 1,171 307 27.3 23.9-31.1 136 11.6 9.0-14.7 220 16.3 13.8-19.2 508 44.8 40.9-48.8
-Guilford County 38 13 40.2 20.6-63.5 7 26.1 8.4-57.7 4 6.0 2.0-16.4 14 27.7 14.1-47.2
GENDER
Male 11 3 36.4 9.8-75.0 3 37.3 8.4-79.5 1 2.8 0.3-19.7 4 23.4 6.8-56.1
Female 27 10 44.2 24.4-66.2 4 14.0 4.8-34.2 3 9.5 2.9-26.8 10 32.3 16.4-53.7
RACE
White 33 13 43.6 22.0-67.9 6 25.4 7.2-60.0 1 2.2 0.3-14.4 13 28.9 14.1-50.0
Other 5 0 0.0 . - . 1 34.3 5.5-82.4 3 51.7 13.9-87.6 1 14.1 1.7-60.1
AGE
18-44 14 7 54.4 19.1-85.8 4 40.3 10.8-79.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.3 1.3-19.6
45+ 24 6 23.3 9.8-46.1 3 9.2 2.7-26.5 4 13.2 4.7-31.6 11 54.3 33.3-74.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 14 3 28.3 6.1-70.7 4 42.0 11.2-80.6 2 6.8 1.4-27.4 5 22.9 6.9-54.3
Some College + 24 10 52.5 30.4-73.6 3 9.7 2.7-29.4 2 5.2 1.2-19.5 9 32.7 15.7-55.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 22 9 57.1 31.0-79.7 4 13.1 4.2-34.0 4 11.8 3.9-30.6 5 18.0 6.1-42.3
$50,000+ 9 3 41.9 13.4-77.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 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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