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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-7 Days 8-30 days More than 30 Days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,123 190 18.8 15.4-22.7 107 8.7 6.8-11.0 71 5.1 3.8- 6.6 755 67.5 63.5-71.3
-Mecklenburg County 61 8 9.7 4.7-19.2 3 2.3 0.7- 7.3 2 2.7 0.6-11.1 48 85.2 74.7-91.8
GENDER
Male 19 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.9 0.3-12.8 2 6.9 1.6-26.1 16 91.2 73.1-97.5
Female 42 8 16.1 7.7-30.6 2 2.6 0.6-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 32 81.2 66.5-90.4
RACE
White 43 5 10.9 4.4-24.4 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 0 0.0 . - . 37 87.9 74.6-94.8
Other 16 3 8.6 2.4-26.2 2 4.9 1.1-19.6 2 8.4 1.8-31.3 9 78.1 54.6-91.3
AGE
18-44 31 5 9.0 3.5-21.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 26 91.0 78.4-96.5
45+ 30 3 11.2 3.6-29.9 3 7.3 2.3-21.2 2 8.6 2.0-29.9 22 72.9 52.9-86.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 11 2 18.8 4.5-53.3 2 13.4 3.0-43.5 1 15.3 2.2-59.4 6 52.5 22.2-81.0
Some College + 49 6 8.8 3.8-19.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 1 1.1 0.1- 7.4 41 89.2 78.6-94.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 32 5 13.1 5.1-29.6 3 4.8 1.4-14.7 2 5.6 1.3-21.4 22 76.5 58.5-88.3
$50,000+ 23 3 7.9 2.3-23.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 20 92.1 76.6-97.7

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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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