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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^
None 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%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,155 339 30.4 26.9-34.0 224 19.0 16.1-22.2 228 20.6 17.3-24.2 109 8.5 6.8-10.7 255 21.5 18.1-25.4
-Guilford County 39 10 18.3 8.5-35.1 4 9.6 3.2-25.5 8 16.8 7.0-35.1 2 7.0 1.7-24.9 15 48.3 26.7-70.6
GENDER
Male 11 2 11.2 2.3-40.1 2 12.9 2.7-44.2 1 3.4 0.4-22.6 1 7.6 1.0-41.3 5 65.0 30.6-88.6
Female 28 8 25.5 11.8-46.7 2 6.3 1.5-22.8 7 30.4 13.6-54.7 1 6.4 0.9-33.8 10 31.4 16.2-52.0
RACE
White 33 10 20.5 9.2-39.4 4 10.7 3.5-28.4 6 14.7 5.2-34.8 2 7.9 1.9-27.6 11 46.3 23.0-71.3
Other 6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 34.6 7.7-76.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 65.4 23.1-92.3
AGE
18-44 13 2 3.1 0.6-15.6 1 7.4 0.9-40.6 5 26.1 7.8-59.5 1 7.4 0.9-40.6 4 55.9 21.9-85.2
45+ 26 8 34.5 17.5-56.6 3 11.9 3.7-32.4 3 6.8 1.8-22.8 1 6.6 0.9-34.4 11 40.2 22.2-61.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 15 3 9.3 2.3-31.1 2 7.4 1.5-30.3 3 11.4 3.0-35.0 0 0.0 . - . 7 71.9 41.9-90.1
Some College + 24 7 28.2 12.5-52.0 2 12.0 2.8-39.1 5 22.7 7.8-50.4 2 14.8 3.8-43.2 8 22.3 10.2-42.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 23 4 11.3 3.2-32.8 2 7.4 1.6-28.1 6 26.2 9.9-53.4 1 6.1 0.8-33.3 10 49.0 24.0-74.5
$50,000+ 8 4 48.4 16.4-81.8 2 37.0 9.5-76.6 1 6.9 0.9-38.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.7 1.0-41.3

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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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