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

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 (Excludes Buncombe) 58 6 18.4 7.1-40.3 6 7.0 2.7-16.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 45 72.9 53.7-86.2
GENDER
Male 18 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.0 0.7-18.5 0 0.0 . - . 16 96.0 81.5-99.3
Female 40 6 27.3 10.8-53.7 4 8.5 2.8-22.7 1 2.4 0.3-15.6 29 61.8 39.0-80.4
RACE
White 52 4 12.8 4.1-33.6 5 6.6 2.3-17.4 0 0.0 . - . 43 80.6 62.0-91.4
Other 6 2 66.0 17.2-94.8 1 10.2 1.0-56.8 1 15.3 1.5-68.4 2 8.5 1.0-46.1
AGE
18-44 23 3 22.8 6.4-56.3 3 8.7 2.5-25.9 0 0.0 . - . 17 68.5 39.7-87.8
45+ 35 3 12.5 3.9-33.2 3 4.7 1.3-15.5 1 3.9 0.5-22.9 28 78.9 59.3-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 2 16.6 2.7-59.3 2 5.0 1.2-18.8 0 0.0 . - . 23 78.4 42.2-94.8
Some College + 31 4 19.8 6.4-47.0 4 8.5 2.6-24.7 1 2.8 0.4-18.0 22 68.8 45.0-85.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 38 5 27.7 10.4-55.9 6 11.6 4.5-26.8 1 2.7 0.4-17.1 26 58.0 35.4-77.7
$50,000+ 8 1 7.5 0.9-40.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 92.5 59.1-99.1

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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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