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

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 (Excludes Buncombe) 62 15 28.5 15.3-46.8 5 8.6 2.9-22.8 10 14.6 6.6-29.1 32 48.3 32.7-64.3
GENDER
Male 20 4 14.2 3.4-43.8 2 17.1 4.0-50.7 4 16.4 4.2-46.8 10 52.3 27.0-76.4
Female 42 11 36.0 18.3-58.5 3 4.2 1.2-13.5 6 13.6 5.1-31.6 22 46.3 27.4-66.3
RACE
White 56 13 22.8 11.4-40.2 5 9.5 3.2-24.9 9 15.4 6.8-31.2 29 52.3 35.9-68.2
Other 6 2 80.1 34.1-96.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.2 0.7-46.7 3 12.7 1.6-56.7
AGE
18-44 23 5 33.8 13.7-62.2 1 7.7 1.1-38.7 3 13.1 3.9-36.0 14 45.4 23.0-69.8
45+ 39 10 22.3 11.2-39.4 4 9.7 3.3-24.9 7 16.3 5.8-38.2 18 51.8 33.5-69.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 5 20.7 5.6-53.2 4 17.2 5.4-43.0 6 14.3 4.3-38.2 16 47.8 26.0-70.5
Some College + 31 10 35.2 17.2-58.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.6 4 14.8 5.1-36.3 16 48.8 27.9-70.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 41 11 30.4 14.2-53.5 0 0.0 . - . 8 17.7 7.4-36.7 22 51.9 31.8-71.4
$50,000+ 9 3 38.5 10.6-76.9 1 6.4 0.8-36.4 1 15.8 2.2-61.2 4 39.3 12.6-74.4

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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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