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

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did symptoms of asthma make it difficult for you to stay asleep?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-2 days 3-4 days 5-10 days More than 10 days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 836 149 18.2 14.6-22.3 88 10.4 7.9-13.6 79 10.8 7.9-14.8 125 12.7 10.0-16.1 395 47.9 42.9-52.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 42 6 21.1 8.1-45.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 11 22.7 9.6-44.8 24 56.0 35.4-74.7
GENDER
Male 13 2 20.1 4.1-59.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 21.7 4.2-63.4 7 58.2 25.2-85.3
Female 29 4 21.6 6.3-52.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 7 23.1 8.1-50.6 17 55.0 30.2-77.6
RACE
White 36 5 14.0 5.0-33.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 21.0 7.5-46.7 23 64.9 42.4-82.3
Other 6 1 64.8 16.2-94.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.3 0.1-12.0 3 32.7 5.0-81.9 1 1.3 0.1-12.0
AGE
18-44 17 3 24.1 6.5-59.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 4 26.8 8.1-60.3 9 48.8 22.2-76.1
45+ 25 3 16.9 4.2-48.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 16.8 6.5-37.3 15 66.3 41.0-84.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 23 4 30.3 9.6-63.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 18.0 5.1-47.0 12 51.8 25.8-76.8
Some College + 19 2 10.9 2.5-36.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.0- 2.8 4 27.9 8.4-62.2 12 60.8 30.9-84.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 32 6 29.2 11.5-56.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.8 8 20.0 6.5-47.2 17 50.6 28.3-72.6
$50,000+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.0 1.5-73.0 2 83.0 27.0-98.5

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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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