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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 106 16 19.8 10.6-33.9 11 8.7 4.3-16.8 3 2.2 0.6- 7.4 76 69.3 56.1-79.9
GENDER
Male 32 2 8.1 2.0-27.7 4 9.0 2.4-28.6 1 2.5 0.3-15.7 25 80.4 60.4-91.7
Female 74 14 25.8 13.2-44.3 7 8.5 3.7-18.3 2 2.1 0.4- 9.6 51 63.6 46.9-77.5
RACE
White 90 14 18.1 9.6-31.5 6 4.9 1.9-12.3 2 1.4 0.3- 6.1 68 75.6 62.4-85.2
African American 7 0 0.0 . - . 4 54.7 18.3-86.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 45.3 13.3-81.7
Other Minorities 9 2 55.6 13.3-91.1 1 4.1 0.4-29.4 1 12.9 1.4-60.5 5 27.4 5.9-69.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 103 16 20.4 10.9-34.7 11 8.9 4.4-17.2 3 2.3 0.7- 7.6 73 68.4 55.1-79.3
AGE
18-24 4 2 59.1 15.9-91.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 40.9 8.3-84.1
25-34 19 1 0.4 0.1- 3.2 2 12.8 3.1-40.0 0 0.0 . - . 16 86.8 60.1-96.6
35-44 17 3 12.8 3.7-35.9 3 16.2 4.4-45.1 0 0.0 . - . 11 71.0 44.1-88.4
45-54 21 7 47.0 24.8-70.5 2 8.8 1.9-33.2 2 9.2 1.9-34.4 10 35.0 17.3-58.1
55-64 16 1 6.1 0.8-33.6 2 8.5 1.6-33.8 1 8.4 1.2-41.5 12 77.0 48.9-92.2
65-74 15 1 6.1 0.8-33.6 1 4.9 0.7-28.4 0 0.0 . - . 13 89.0 63.8-97.4
75+ 14 1 3.5 0.5-22.3 1 2.5 0.3-16.6 0 0.0 . - . 12 94.1 76.8-98.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 21 2 21.6 3.9-64.9 3 12.9 3.1-40.8 2 5.1 1.0-21.7 14 60.3 29.3-84.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 28 4 11.7 3.6-31.8 3 10.8 3.3-29.9 0 0.0 . - . 21 77.5 56.7-90.1
Some Post-H.S. 30 5 19.4 7.7-40.9 2 5.3 1.2-21.2 1 3.6 0.5-22.0 22 71.7 50.2-86.5
College Graduate 27 5 25.2 8.3-55.7 3 7.1 1.5-27.7 0 0.0 . - . 19 67.7 40.2-86.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 15 4 55.6 20.6-85.8 2 11.1 2.3-40.2 1 3.0 0.4-20.7 8 30.4 9.9-63.5
$15,000- 24,999 29 5 32.3 13.1-60.0 4 11.1 3.0-33.7 1 3.8 0.5-22.9 19 52.9 29.9-74.7
$25,000- 34,999 11 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 2 12.2 2.5-42.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 87.1 57.3-97.1
$35,000- 49,999 13 0 0.0 . - . 2 18.4 3.6-57.7 1 8.8 1.2-43.3 10 72.8 38.0-92.1
$50,000-74,999 12 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 12 100 . - .
$75,000+ 9 4 38.6 14.0-70.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 61.4 29.1-86.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 56 10 27.0 13.6-46.5 9 16.2 7.6-31.2 3 4.6 1.3-14.7 34 52.3 35.4-68.6
No 47 5 13.0 3.3-39.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.7 0 0.0 . - . 40 85.4 60.5-95.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 12 1 11.8 1.6-52.0 1 2.1 0.3-14.7 0 0.0 . - . 10 86.1 49.5-97.5
Non-Veteran 94 15 21.0 11.0-36.6 10 9.7 4.7-18.9 3 2.6 0.7- 8.4 66 66.7 52.5-78.5

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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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