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

Asthma

During the past 12 months, besides emergency room visits, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

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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 1,186 154 13.8 11.0-17.3 95 9.1 6.8-11.9 145 11.5 9.3-14.0 792 65.6 61.6-69.4
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 62 7 14.4 5.5-32.9 10 20.3 9.5-38.4 6 7.6 2.6-20.4 39 57.6 40.7-72.9
GENDER
Male 20 1 2.8 0.4-18.0 4 28.2 9.6-59.2 2 1.1 0.2- 5.0 13 67.9 38.7-87.7
Female 42 6 20.4 7.5-45.0 6 16.3 5.4-39.9 4 11.0 3.6-29.4 26 52.3 32.3-71.6
RACE
White 56 5 7.2 2.6-18.4 9 22.4 10.6-41.5 6 8.5 2.9-22.4 36 61.9 44.6-76.6
Other 6 2 80.1 34.1-96.9 1 1.3 0.1-12.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 18.7 2.8-64.7
AGE
18-44 23 1 12.0 1.8-51.0 4 21.4 6.6-51.4 2 10.2 2.4-34.3 16 56.4 30.7-79.0
45+ 39 6 17.3 7.2-36.0 6 19.1 7.5-40.6 4 4.7 1.3-15.0 23 59.0 39.8-75.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 4 20.0 5.2-53.0 6 24.4 9.3-50.4 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6 19 54.9 31.0-76.7
Some College + 31 3 9.7 3.0-27.3 4 16.9 4.7-45.3 4 13.6 4.4-35.0 20 59.9 37.2-79.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 41 5 20.9 7.5-46.4 7 21.5 8.1-46.0 4 6.4 1.9-20.0 25 51.2 31.3-70.7
$50,000+ 9 1 6.4 0.8-36.4 1 7.0 0.9-38.7 1 15.8 2.2-61.2 6 70.7 33.7-92.0

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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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