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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^
None 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%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,155 339 30.4 26.9-34.0 224 19.0 16.1-22.2 228 20.6 17.3-24.2 109 8.5 6.8-10.7 255 21.5 18.1-25.4
-Mecklenburg County 59 22 32.2 20.3-46.9 11 22.6 11.4-39.8 7 16.2 7.0-33.0 10 16.5 8.5-29.7 9 12.5 6.1-23.7
GENDER
Male 17 6 27.7 10.5-55.6 3 23.2 7.6-52.4 2 21.4 5.6-55.5 3 13.6 3.9-37.9 3 14.1 4.0-39.1
Female 42 16 34.9 20.6-52.4 8 22.3 9.1-45.1 5 13.1 4.7-31.5 7 18.3 8.2-35.8 6 11.5 4.9-24.6
RACE
White 41 16 31.3 18.3-48.1 6 16.0 6.6-33.9 5 19.4 7.5-41.9 8 20.2 9.7-37.2 6 13.1 5.4-28.3
Other 16 4 26.0 8.4-57.6 5 37.8 13.9-69.6 2 11.9 2.2-44.4 2 11.5 2.4-41.0 3 12.8 3.6-36.1
AGE
18-44 29 13 36.1 19.9-56.2 6 26.7 11.5-50.3 3 15.8 5.0-40.1 4 13.1 4.8-31.0 3 8.4 2.5-24.4
45+ 30 9 24.8 12.3-43.9 5 15.1 5.3-36.1 4 16.9 5.3-42.5 6 23.0 9.7-45.5 6 20.1 8.7-40.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 13 2 22.4 4.9-61.5 2 6.1 1.3-24.4 2 8.6 2.0-30.6 4 35.5 12.0-69.0 3 27.5 8.5-60.7
Some College + 45 20 35.4 21.6-52.1 9 26.7 13.3-46.4 4 14.3 5.0-34.3 6 13.6 5.9-28.2 6 10.1 4.2-22.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 31 10 30.9 15.8-51.6 5 25.4 9.2-53.6 3 10.4 2.4-35.3 6 15.2 6.3-32.4 7 18.1 8.0-35.9
$50,000+ 21 7 28.0 11.5-53.8 6 26.3 10.5-52.0 3 19.7 5.7-50.1 3 16.1 5.1-40.9 2 9.8 2.3-33.7

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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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