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

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^
None 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%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,155 339 30.4 26.9-34.0 224 19.0 16.1-22.2 228 20.6 17.3-24.2 109 8.5 6.8-10.7 255 21.5 18.1-25.4
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 61 19 28.1 16.5-43.5 9 13.5 6.2-27.2 13 25.5 13.4-42.9 7 6.4 2.5-15.3 13 26.5 13.4-45.6
GENDER
Male 19 6 31.2 12.1-59.8 3 17.1 4.4-48.4 5 27.6 9.6-57.7 1 6.0 0.8-33.2 4 18.1 4.7-49.4
Female 42 13 26.6 13.8-45.2 6 11.8 4.5-27.5 8 24.5 10.6-46.8 6 6.6 2.3-17.1 9 30.5 13.9-54.5
RACE
White 55 19 31.3 18.6-47.5 8 13.3 5.7-28.1 13 28.3 15.2-46.6 5 6.8 2.6-16.8 10 20.2 9.2-38.9
Other 6 0 0.0 . - . 1 15.3 1.5-68.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.5 0.4-15.2 3 82.2 31.4-97.9
AGE
18-44 23 5 21.3 7.9-45.9 4 14.4 4.7-36.1 6 31.9 13.2-59.0 3 3.4 0.6-17.3 5 29.1 10.5-59.0
45+ 38 14 36.4 20.7-55.7 5 12.5 4.1-32.7 7 17.6 7.8-35.0 4 10.1 3.4-26.1 8 23.4 10.3-44.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 8 21.1 8.9-42.3 2 8.1 1.7-31.2 9 32.6 14.8-57.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 10 37.9 17.2-64.3
Some College + 31 11 33.9 17.1-56.0 7 18.0 7.1-38.4 4 19.6 6.3-46.8 6 11.5 4.3-27.0 3 17.1 4.8-45.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 41 8 15.2 6.7-31.2 8 20.1 8.7-39.9 8 17.1 7.2-35.4 7 10.4 4.0-24.2 10 37.2 18.5-60.7
$50,000+ 9 6 62.1 23.4-89.8 1 5.0 0.6-30.2 2 33.0 7.4-75.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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