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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,166 312 27.6 24.0-31.4 109 8.5 6.6-10.7 247 18.8 16.1-21.9 498 45.1 41.1-49.2
-Mecklenburg County 61 18 36.8 23.3-52.8 4 6.2 1.9-18.7 9 10.2 4.7-20.8 30 46.8 32.6-61.5
GENDER
Male 18 5 38.5 17.1-65.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.1 2.1-26.9 10 53.4 28.6-76.6
Female 43 13 35.8 20.1-55.3 4 10.1 3.1-28.6 6 11.5 4.5-26.5 20 42.6 26.7-60.1
RACE
White 43 14 41.5 25.6-59.4 3 7.7 1.9-26.7 4 4.7 1.6-13.3 22 46.0 30.1-62.8
Other 16 3 27.3 7.4-63.8 1 3.9 0.5-24.3 5 22.4 7.8-49.7 7 46.4 20.5-74.3
AGE
18-44 30 12 44.2 25.7-64.5 2 7.2 1.6-27.5 0 0.0 . - . 16 48.6 29.6-67.9
45+ 31 6 22.8 10.1-43.9 2 4.3 1.0-16.5 9 29.5 14.5-50.8 14 43.4 25.2-63.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 12 1 7.2 1.0-38.5 3 19.3 5.5-49.7 5 48.0 19.3-78.0 3 25.5 6.3-63.5
Some College + 48 17 43.3 27.7-60.5 1 4.2 0.6-24.2 4 4.1 1.4-11.4 26 48.4 32.5-64.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 31 10 42.5 22.9-64.8 4 13.6 4.1-36.6 6 13.7 5.6-29.9 11 30.2 15.4-50.5
$50,000+ 23 8 41.2 20.7-65.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.9 0.6-13.0 13 55.9 32.6-76.9

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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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