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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did you take a prescription asthma medication to prevent an asthma attack from occurring?*

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  Total
Respond.^
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%)
North Carolina 1,183 240 21.5 18.4-25.0 36 3.4 2.1- 5.6 496 37.7 34.0-41.7 411 37.3 33.5-41.3
-Guilford County 39 6 13.7 5.3-31.0 2 2.9 0.7-11.6 21 64.9 44.4-81.1 10 18.5 8.5-35.6
GENDER
Male 11 1 7.6 1.0-41.3 1 3.4 0.4-22.6 6 70.9 37.0-91.0 3 18.2 4.7-49.9
Female 28 5 20.0 7.7-42.8 1 2.4 0.3-15.7 15 58.8 37.8-77.1 7 18.8 8.2-37.5
RACE
White 33 5 12.4 4.3-31.1 2 3.2 0.7-13.1 17 64.9 42.5-82.2 9 19.5 8.5-38.7
Other 6 1 24.5 3.5-74.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 65.4 23.1-92.3 1 10.0 1.3-49.6
AGE
18-44 14 5 19.7 5.8-49.6 2 5.4 1.1-22.8 5 69.8 38.3-89.6 2 5.0 1.0-21.1
45+ 25 1 6.8 1.0-35.4 0 0.0 . - . 16 59.4 37.2-78.4 8 33.7 16.5-56.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 15 1 4.5 0.6-28.3 1 3.2 0.4-21.6 9 75.7 45.8-92.0 4 16.6 4.7-44.5
Some College + 24 5 24.0 9.2-49.7 1 2.5 0.3-16.4 12 52.9 30.3-74.3 6 20.6 8.1-43.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 23 4 16.3 5.2-40.7 1 3.2 0.4-20.3 14 72.1 47.8-87.9 4 8.4 2.6-23.8
$50,000+ 8 2 34.1 7.8-75.9 1 8.1 1.0-42.6 2 20.3 4.4-58.7 3 37.5 10.4-75.6

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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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