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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, besides emergency room visits, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

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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 1,186 154 13.8 11.0-17.3 95 9.1 6.8-11.9 145 11.5 9.3-14.0 792 65.6 61.6-69.4
-Mecklenburg County 64 7 11.4 5.1-23.3 4 3.4 1.2- 9.1 7 4.5 2.0- 9.8 46 80.7 69.0-88.8
GENDER
Male 19 2 9.9 2.1-36.7 1 2.1 0.3-14.2 1 1.9 0.3-12.8 15 86.1 62.4-95.8
Female 45 5 12.2 4.9-27.3 3 4.1 1.2-13.0 6 6.1 2.5-14.1 31 77.5 62.5-87.7
RACE
White 45 6 16.7 7.3-33.7 2 2.2 0.5- 8.8 4 4.3 1.5-11.4 33 76.8 60.6-87.7
Other 17 1 2.6 0.3-17.2 2 5.9 1.3-22.5 3 5.4 1.4-18.4 11 86.1 67.9-94.8
AGE
18-44 31 5 14.1 5.5-31.5 2 3.0 0.7-12.0 0 0.0 . - . 24 82.9 65.8-92.4
45+ 33 2 6.3 1.5-22.5 2 4.0 1.0-15.3 7 13.0 5.8-26.7 22 76.7 60.1-87.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 14 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.5 2.5-39.3 5 20.9 7.5-46.4 7 67.6 39.9-86.8
Some College + 49 7 13.9 6.3-28.1 2 2.0 0.5- 7.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 38 82.5 68.7-91.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 34 3 10.0 3.0-28.4 3 5.3 1.6-16.4 6 8.7 3.6-19.5 22 76.0 58.5-87.7
$50,000+ 23 4 16.3 5.5-39.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 18 83.0 60.4-94.0

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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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