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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did you take a prescription asthma medication to prevent an asthma attack from occurring?*

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  Total
Respond.^
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%)
North Carolina 1,183 240 21.5 18.4-25.0 36 3.4 2.1- 5.6 496 37.7 34.0-41.7 411 37.3 33.5-41.3
-Mecklenburg County 62 14 25.2 14.0-41.2 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 31 46.7 32.6-61.4 16 27.1 16.2-41.7
GENDER
Male 18 1 2.2 0.3-14.7 1 2.4 0.3-15.9 11 65.2 39.1-84.6 5 30.1 12.2-57.3
Female 44 13 39.6 23.2-58.8 0 0.0 . - . 20 35.1 21.3-52.0 11 25.2 13.4-42.3
RACE
White 44 11 25.3 13.5-42.3 0 0.0 . - . 24 54.7 37.8-70.5 9 20.1 9.8-36.6
Other 16 3 28.1 7.9-64.1 1 2.9 0.4-19.1 7 35.9 14.3-65.4 5 33.1 12.6-62.9
AGE
18-44 30 7 27.7 12.7-50.2 0 0.0 . - . 13 42.6 24.7-62.7 10 29.7 15.5-49.4
45+ 32 7 20.8 9.7-39.0 1 2.6 0.4-16.8 18 54.3 34.7-72.7 6 22.3 9.1-45.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 13 3 17.5 5.1-45.7 0 0.0 . - . 9 65.6 32.5-88.3 1 16.9 2.5-61.8
Some College + 48 11 27.6 14.6-46.0 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 22 45.1 29.5-61.7 14 26.2 14.8-42.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 32 8 36.7 17.8-60.8 1 2.0 0.3-13.4 16 38.8 22.0-58.8 7 22.5 10.1-42.8
$50,000+ 23 5 18.0 7.2-38.5 0 0.0 . - . 13 60.1 37.1-79.4 5 21.9 8.3-46.6

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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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