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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you visit an emergency room or urgent care center because of 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%)
TOTAL 1,164 59 5.0 3.4- 7.3 30 3.1 1.9- 5.0 164 15.5 12.7-18.8 911 76.4 72.7-79.8
GENDER
Male 286 9 4.5 1.8-11.0 10 4.2 1.8- 9.3 39 14.2 9.5-20.7 228 77.1 69.3-83.4
Female 878 50 5.2 3.5- 7.6 20 2.5 1.4- 4.4 125 16.2 12.9-20.1 683 76.1 71.9-79.9
RACE
White 883 41 5.2 3.2- 8.2 19 2.4 1.4- 4.1 103 13.1 10.2-16.6 720 79.3 75.2-82.9
African American 215 15 5.2 2.8- 9.4 10 6.4 2.5-15.4 49 24.2 17.3-32.9 141 64.1 54.9-72.4
Asian 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.1 1.5-71.1 2 83.9 28.9-98.5
Native American 30 3 5.0 1.4-16.6 1 3.2 0.4-19.8 5 12.1 4.3-29.5 21 79.7 61.5-90.6
Other Minorities 26 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 25.8 7.0-61.7 21 74.2 38.3-93.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 1 1.3 0.2- 9.3 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 6 16.6 6.7-35.4 20 80.6 61.8-91.4
-English Speaking 21 1 1.8 0.2-12.5 1 2.0 0.3-13.7 3 10.1 2.8-30.5 16 86.0 66.1-95.1
-Spanish Speaking 7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 35.0 9.8-72.7 4 65.0 27.3-90.2
Non-Hispanic 1,131 58 5.1 3.5- 7.5 29 3.1 1.9- 5.1 158 15.6 12.7-18.9 886 76.2 72.4-79.6
AGE
18-24 61 1 3.3 0.5-19.9 4 7.6 2.4-21.8 13 22.5 11.9-38.4 43 66.6 50.2-79.8
25-34 147 13 8.8 3.8-19.2 7 3.6 1.6- 7.8 22 13.3 8.0-21.2 105 74.3 64.2-82.4
35-44 211 12 5.6 2.8-10.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6 28 12.3 7.8-18.9 169 81.4 74.2-87.0
45-54 247 15 5.5 2.9-10.3 7 3.0 1.2- 7.1 44 21.4 15.0-29.7 181 70.1 61.8-77.2
55-64 210 7 2.1 0.9- 4.5 8 4.2 1.9- 9.2 24 10.4 6.5-16.1 171 83.3 76.7-88.3
65-74 169 7 3.9 1.7- 8.8 2 1.4 0.3- 5.6 17 9.3 5.5-15.4 143 85.4 78.5-90.4
75+ 113 4 2.6 0.9- 7.4 0 0.0 . - . 15 16.4 9.2-27.7 94 81.0 69.8-88.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 243 16 6.2 2.8-13.3 6 4.3 1.7-10.5 51 27.5 19.2-37.7 170 62.0 51.8-71.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 324 13 4.6 1.7-11.7 16 5.9 2.9-11.6 47 14.0 9.4-20.4 248 75.4 67.6-81.9
Some Post-H.S. 286 16 5.0 2.7- 9.1 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2 32 13.8 9.2-20.1 234 80.3 73.7-85.6
College Graduate 308 14 4.4 2.3- 8.4 4 1.2 0.4- 3.8 34 9.6 6.5-14.0 256 84.7 79.4-88.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 244 16 5.9 3.3-10.5 12 5.6 3.0-10.3 51 26.1 18.1-35.9 165 62.4 53.1-70.8
$15,000- 24,999 226 14 6.2 2.2-16.7 4 2.5 0.6- 9.0 34 15.9 10.5-23.3 174 75.4 65.9-82.9
$25,000- 34,999 139 6 2.7 0.9- 7.9 5 2.4 0.9- 6.1 23 15.1 9.3-23.4 105 79.8 70.9-86.6
$35,000- 49,999 142 8 6.6 2.9-14.2 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 14 10.8 5.8-19.3 118 81.9 72.5-88.6
$50,000-74,999 105 4 2.9 1.1- 8.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 13 11.9 6.0-22.3 87 83.9 73.5-90.8
$75,000+ 127 6 5.9 2.4-14.0 2 2.0 0.5- 8.1 11 8.8 4.5-16.7 108 83.2 73.7-89.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 665 34 3.9 2.6- 6.0 25 4.1 2.6- 6.6 104 16.5 12.9-20.8 502 75.4 70.7-79.6
No 477 23 5.4 2.9- 9.9 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6 57 14.7 10.4-20.3 394 79.2 73.1-84.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 104 4 2.4 0.7- 7.6 4 3.5 1.3- 9.1 14 14.2 7.7-24.5 82 80.0 69.3-87.5
Non-Veteran 1,058 55 5.3 3.5- 7.8 26 3.0 1.8- 5.1 150 15.7 12.7-19.2 827 76.1 72.0-79.7

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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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