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

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did you take a prescription asthma medication to prevent an asthma attack from occurring?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than once a week Once or twice a week > Twice a week not every day Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,183 240 21.5 18.4-25.0 36 3.4 2.1- 5.6 496 37.7 34.0-41.7 411 37.3 33.5-41.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 62 9 16.7 6.5-36.7 4 13.7 4.5-35.2 24 33.0 20.6-48.3 25 36.6 23.3-52.3
GENDER
Male 20 3 22.8 6.4-56.2 0 0.0 . - . 8 30.8 12.7-57.6 9 46.4 22.8-71.6
Female 42 6 13.5 3.3-41.9 4 20.9 7.0-48.0 16 34.1 19.0-53.2 16 31.5 17.2-50.5
RACE
White 56 6 11.1 3.8-28.2 3 14.5 4.5-37.9 22 33.8 20.8-49.8 25 40.7 26.2-56.9
Other 6 3 67.3 18.1-95.0 1 7.2 0.7-46.7 2 25.5 3.6-76.0 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 23 5 26.4 9.0-56.6 3 24.1 7.6-55.4 6 16.5 5.9-38.2 9 33.0 15.4-57.0
45+ 39 4 5.3 1.5-17.2 1 1.6 0.2-10.5 18 52.3 33.9-70.0 16 40.8 24.2-59.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 32 5 25.9 8.5-56.9 1 1.5 0.2-10.3 14 35.8 18.2-58.4 12 36.8 18.8-59.4
Some College + 30 4 8.4 1.8-31.8 3 24.8 8.1-55.2 10 30.4 15.1-51.7 13 36.4 19.0-58.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 42 7 19.5 6.4-46.1 3 12.7 3.1-40.0 19 39.1 22.6-58.6 13 28.8 15.0-48.0
$50,000+ 8 0 0.0 . - . 1 28.4 4.5-76.9 2 23.7 5.0-64.8 5 47.9 15.7-82.0

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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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