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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,166 312 27.6 24.0-31.4 109 8.5 6.6-10.7 247 18.8 16.1-21.9 498 45.1 41.1-49.2
GENDER
Male 281 58 21.0 15.3-28.1 24 7.6 4.8-11.9 59 17.6 12.7-23.9 140 53.8 45.7-61.7
Female 885 254 30.9 26.7-35.5 85 8.9 6.7-11.7 188 19.5 16.4-23.0 358 40.7 36.5-45.0
RACE
White 879 235 27.6 23.5-32.1 83 8.5 6.4-11.2 174 17.8 14.8-21.3 387 46.1 41.5-50.7
African American 218 61 26.2 19.3-34.6 22 9.1 5.5-14.6 54 22.4 16.0-30.4 81 42.3 33.1-52.1
Asian 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 64.7 17.2-94.2 2 35.3 5.8-82.8
Native American 31 6 24.3 9.8-48.6 3 4.2 1.2-14.2 8 26.9 12.6-48.4 14 44.6 25.8-65.0
Other Minorities 27 7 37.5 15.5-66.3 1 7.1 1.0-36.9 8 15.8 6.8-32.6 11 39.6 19.9-63.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 4 23.4 7.2-54.6 0 0.0 . - . 10 21.2 9.9-39.7 14 55.4 32.4-76.4
-English Speaking 20 3 27.3 7.1-64.9 0 0.0 . - . 7 19.6 7.4-42.6 10 53.1 25.8-78.6
-Spanish Speaking 8 1 13.2 1.8-55.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 25.3 7.3-59.5 4 61.5 27.4-87.1
Non-Hispanic 1,134 307 27.7 24.1-31.6 109 8.7 6.8-11.0 235 18.8 16.0-21.9 483 44.8 40.8-48.9
AGE
18-24 62 17 34.9 20.9-52.0 6 10.1 4.2-22.5 10 10.7 4.6-22.6 29 44.3 29.4-60.4
25-34 147 48 29.0 21.0-38.4 14 6.3 3.4-11.5 12 6.6 3.5-12.2 73 58.1 48.1-67.6
35-44 213 65 32.1 24.8-40.4 23 9.7 5.9-15.7 37 18.0 12.4-25.5 88 40.2 32.5-48.3
45-54 252 66 24.9 19.0-31.9 24 8.5 5.3-13.5 58 26.3 19.6-34.3 104 40.3 33.1-48.0
55-64 209 50 21.0 15.1-28.4 21 9.2 5.7-14.6 55 28.3 21.3-36.4 83 41.5 33.5-49.9
65-74 168 43 25.7 18.5-34.5 15 10.0 5.7-16.9 47 26.6 19.8-34.8 63 37.6 29.6-46.5
75+ 110 21 16.7 10.2-26.1 6 3.7 1.6- 8.2 27 22.2 14.5-32.4 56 57.5 46.2-68.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 238 54 22.6 15.4-31.8 22 10.6 6.0-18.0 71 27.0 19.6-35.9 91 39.8 30.0-50.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 322 76 20.5 15.0-27.3 30 6.3 4.0- 9.9 75 20.1 15.4-25.8 141 53.1 45.6-60.5
Some Post-H.S. 290 96 36.0 29.0-43.7 25 7.8 4.9-12.2 63 19.3 14.1-25.9 106 36.8 30.1-44.1
College Graduate 314 86 31.3 24.3-39.2 32 9.6 6.2-14.7 37 10.7 7.3-15.6 159 48.4 41.1-55.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 231 53 23.6 16.0-33.2 27 13.1 8.1-20.4 84 31.9 24.8-40.0 67 31.4 23.8-40.2
$15,000- 24,999 233 71 29.9 22.3-38.7 26 8.3 5.1-13.3 48 19.0 13.6-25.9 88 42.8 34.0-52.1
$25,000- 34,999 137 40 35.2 24.1-48.1 8 5.0 2.1-11.7 27 15.0 9.5-22.9 62 44.7 33.5-56.6
$35,000- 49,999 142 45 33.3 24.1-44.1 15 8.6 4.8-15.0 20 14.2 8.6-22.6 62 43.8 34.2-54.0
$50,000-74,999 108 37 36.4 25.7-48.6 6 2.8 1.2- 6.3 16 17.6 9.1-31.4 49 43.2 31.9-55.2
$75,000+ 134 34 28.3 19.0-39.8 10 9.5 4.8-18.0 13 8.9 4.8-15.9 77 53.3 42.7-63.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 662 173 27.1 22.3-32.5 66 10.0 7.4-13.5 182 24.5 20.5-29.1 241 38.3 33.0-43.9
No 483 136 29.2 23.9-35.1 41 5.9 4.1- 8.3 61 12.6 9.2-17.0 245 52.3 46.4-58.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 102 21 13.8 8.3-22.1 6 6.7 2.7-15.7 28 27.3 17.6-39.8 47 52.1 39.9-64.1
Non-Veteran 1,063 291 29.0 25.1-33.1 103 8.6 6.7-11.0 218 18.0 15.2-21.1 451 44.4 40.2-48.7

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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.

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