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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for a routine checkup for your asthma?*

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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 1,171 307 27.3 23.9-31.1 136 11.6 9.0-14.7 220 16.3 13.8-19.2 508 44.8 40.9-48.8
-Mecklenburg County 63 15 25.1 14.6-39.5 10 14.7 6.4-30.0 6 7.3 2.7-18.3 32 52.9 38.4-67.0
GENDER
Male 19 4 26.1 9.3-54.8 3 8.6 2.4-26.7 1 6.2 0.9-33.4 11 59.1 33.9-80.3
Female 44 11 24.4 13.2-40.6 7 18.4 6.9-40.7 5 8.1 2.6-22.4 21 49.1 32.0-66.4
RACE
White 45 12 35.2 20.6-53.3 8 11.6 5.5-22.9 4 6.5 1.9-19.9 21 46.7 30.8-63.3
Other 16 3 8.4 2.4-25.5 2 22.0 5.0-60.2 2 9.7 1.9-38.1 9 59.9 30.5-83.6
AGE
18-44 30 11 31.2 16.4-51.0 2 10.8 2.3-38.8 1 3.6 0.5-21.8 16 54.4 34.7-72.9
45+ 33 4 13.7 5.1-32.1 8 21.9 10.5-40.1 5 14.2 4.7-35.6 16 50.2 31.5-68.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 14 1 7.7 1.0-39.6 3 20.4 5.7-52.0 3 24.4 6.3-60.7 7 47.5 21.0-75.5
Some College + 48 14 29.3 16.8-46.0 7 14.1 5.2-33.0 3 4.3 1.1-15.9 24 52.3 35.9-68.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 33 6 17.4 7.5-35.1 5 19.7 6.2-47.5 4 4.9 1.7-13.1 18 58.1 36.9-76.6
$50,000+ 23 9 41.3 21.0-65.0 4 10.9 3.8-27.5 1 5.8 0.8-31.9 9 42.0 21.4-65.8

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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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