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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,166 312 27.6 24.0-31.4 109 8.5 6.6-10.7 247 18.8 16.1-21.9 498 45.1 41.1-49.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 62 16 33.9 19.4-52.1 4 3.0 0.8-10.2 15 24.0 12.5-41.1 27 39.1 25.3-54.9
GENDER
Male 19 5 26.5 8.7-57.8 1 5.4 0.7-30.7 5 26.0 8.5-57.0 8 42.1 19.3-68.9
Female 43 11 37.3 19.4-59.6 3 1.9 0.5- 6.9 10 23.1 10.1-44.6 19 37.7 21.7-56.8
RACE
White 56 14 28.7 15.4-47.0 3 3.2 0.9-11.3 12 24.6 12.4-43.0 27 43.5 28.5-59.7
Other 6 2 80.1 34.1-96.9 1 1.3 0.1-12.0 3 18.7 2.8-64.7 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 23 7 42.8 20.4-68.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 7 27.9 10.8-55.3 8 29.1 13.0-53.0
45+ 39 9 23.2 10.4-43.9 3 6.3 1.7-20.9 8 19.4 8.8-37.6 19 51.1 32.9-69.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 7 29.3 10.8-58.8 2 4.8 1.0-21.3 10 24.6 10.1-48.6 12 41.2 21.4-64.4
Some College + 31 9 37.7 18.8-61.3 2 1.5 0.3- 7.8 5 23.6 8.9-49.4 15 37.3 20.0-58.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 41 14 49.1 29.4-69.2 4 4.9 1.4-16.2 10 17.2 7.8-33.7 13 28.7 14.8-48.3
$50,000+ 9 1 15.8 2.2-61.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 33.0 7.4-75.2 6 51.3 18.3-83.2

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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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