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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 115 32 27.7 17.9-40.2 11 8.8 4.2-17.6 18 16.2 9.3-26.6 54 47.3 35.8-59.1
GENDER
Male 34 6 13.3 4.4-33.7 3 13.4 3.8-37.6 7 21.2 8.7-43.2 18 52.1 32.5-71.1
Female 81 26 35.1 22.0-50.8 8 6.5 3.0-13.5 11 13.6 6.7-25.5 36 44.9 31.1-59.5
RACE
White 99 28 25.7 16.4-38.1 11 10.3 4.9-20.4 12 12.8 6.3-24.2 48 51.1 38.8-63.3
African American 7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 65.9 23.8-92.3 2 34.1 7.7-76.2
Other Minorities 9 4 75.6 34.0-94.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.7 0.8-45.5 4 16.8 3.2-55.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 2 1 38.6 3.8-91.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 61.4 9.0-96.2
Non-Hispanic 112 31 28.1 18.1-40.8 11 9.0 4.3-18.1 18 16.6 9.6-27.2 52 46.3 34.8-58.3
AGE
18-24 5 2 52.9 14.9-87.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 47.1 12.2-85.1
25-34 20 4 24.7 8.8-52.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.9 2.9-37.9 14 63.3 37.1-83.5
35-44 17 5 22.3 8.5-47.0 2 17.5 3.5-55.4 4 30.1 10.9-60.4 6 30.0 12.2-56.9
45-54 23 8 26.6 11.8-49.7 3 10.3 2.9-30.8 4 28.9 10.2-59.3 8 34.2 16.0-58.6
55-64 18 6 29.7 12.3-55.9 2 16.1 4.1-46.3 2 4.3 1.0-17.3 8 49.9 25.7-74.3
65-74 15 4 28.7 10.4-58.3 2 9.8 2.3-32.9 3 24.4 7.6-55.9 6 37.1 15.6-65.4
75+ 17 3 8.4 2.4-25.3 2 12.3 2.6-42.9 3 8.5 2.1-28.8 9 70.8 44.0-88.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 4 21.1 5.0-57.5 5 17.6 5.2-45.5 6 23.4 8.5-50.2 11 37.9 17.7-63.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 32 7 15.4 6.7-31.7 2 8.9 2.2-29.5 4 7.5 2.1-23.4 19 68.2 48.6-82.9
Some Post-H.S. 30 9 35.3 16.6-60.1 3 6.7 1.9-20.7 5 21.9 8.5-45.9 13 36.1 19.1-57.4
College Graduate 27 12 37.1 18.7-60.3 1 2.1 0.3-13.8 3 10.1 2.9-29.9 11 50.7 28.2-73.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 18 7 53.7 21.7-82.9 1 2.4 0.3-17.0 3 9.8 2.6-31.1 7 34.0 11.7-66.8
$15,000- 24,999 34 7 11.9 4.8-26.5 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 6 22.2 8.7-46.1 20 64.8 43.1-81.7
$25,000- 34,999 11 4 36.9 12.1-71.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.4 1.1-42.5 6 54.8 23.4-82.8
$35,000- 49,999 13 3 25.5 7.5-59.2 1 8.8 1.2-43.3 4 40.4 15.8-71.1 5 25.2 8.6-54.7
$50,000-74,999 13 2 28.0 5.9-70.5 2 9.0 1.9-33.3 2 16.2 2.9-55.7 7 46.8 18.5-77.3
$75,000+ 9 5 59.7 27.8-85.0 1 6.8 0.9-37.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 33.5 11.0-67.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 64 16 19.4 10.5-33.2 6 11.4 4.2-27.3 14 23.1 12.4-38.9 28 46.1 30.9-62.0
No 48 15 38.0 21.3-58.0 5 6.4 2.4-16.1 4 9.1 2.8-25.8 24 46.5 29.6-64.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 12 1 2.1 0.3-14.7 2 30.8 7.7-70.3 4 22.8 6.1-57.3 5 44.3 17.1-75.4
Non-Veteran 103 31 31.3 20.3-44.8 9 5.8 2.8-11.5 14 15.2 8.2-26.5 49 47.7 35.5-60.2

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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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