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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 287 63 22.2 16.4-29.4 9 2.4 1.1- 5.0 101 31.8 24.7-39.8 114 43.6 35.8-51.8
Female 896 177 21.2 17.7-25.1 27 3.9 2.1- 7.1 395 40.8 36.6-45.1 297 34.1 30.1-38.3
RACE
White 896 166 18.6 15.5-22.3 27 4.0 2.3- 6.8 383 39.8 35.4-44.4 320 37.6 33.3-42.0
African American 218 60 30.0 22.2-39.2 8 2.0 0.9- 4.3 84 31.3 24.1-39.6 66 36.6 27.5-46.8
Asian 3 2 74.0 20.0-97.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 26.0 3.0-80.0
Native American 31 7 17.1 7.4-34.7 0 0.0 . - . 15 51.3 31.3-70.9 9 31.6 15.7-53.5
Other Minorities 28 5 42.3 19.3-69.3 0 0.0 . - . 12 24.5 11.9-43.9 11 33.2 16.0-56.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 27 6 27.2 12.0-50.6 0 0.0 . - . 11 36.6 16.9-62.1 10 36.1 17.8-59.7
-English Speaking 19 3 16.5 4.9-43.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 41.2 16.5-71.3 8 42.4 18.4-70.5
-Spanish Speaking 8 3 54.1 21.6-83.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 25.3 7.3-59.5 2 20.5 4.8-57.0
Non-Hispanic 1,151 234 21.5 18.3-25.0 35 3.5 2.1- 5.7 485 38.0 34.1-41.9 397 37.0 33.2-41.1
AGE
18-24 62 16 25.7 14.5-41.3 3 8.4 2.6-24.2 19 30.9 17.6-48.3 24 35.0 22.0-50.7
25-34 151 43 24.3 17.3-33.1 6 3.4 1.5- 7.7 36 21.2 13.9-31.0 66 51.1 40.9-61.2
35-44 216 50 24.5 18.0-32.5 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 87 43.4 35.4-51.7 75 31.0 24.3-38.6
45-54 254 51 21.9 15.8-29.6 10 3.7 1.7- 7.9 103 37.5 30.5-45.0 90 36.9 29.9-44.6
55-64 214 37 16.7 11.6-23.5 6 2.9 1.1- 7.3 104 46.9 38.9-55.1 67 33.5 25.8-42.1
65-74 167 30 19.3 13.2-27.3 5 2.4 0.9- 6.0 84 47.8 39.1-56.7 48 30.6 22.9-39.4
75+ 113 13 9.6 5.2-16.8 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 59 48.2 37.0-59.5 40 41.5 30.5-53.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 243 49 25.2 17.3-35.2 7 1.9 0.8- 4.8 101 38.5 29.3-48.6 86 34.4 25.5-44.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 330 63 18.0 13.4-23.7 10 1.9 1.0- 3.8 143 36.9 30.0-44.4 114 43.2 35.8-50.9
Some Post-H.S. 287 67 25.6 19.2-33.3 9 5.2 2.1-12.5 106 30.7 24.7-37.4 105 38.5 31.5-45.9
College Graduate 320 60 18.9 14.1-24.8 10 4.5 1.8-10.8 146 44.8 37.7-52.2 104 31.8 25.6-38.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 242 45 21.1 13.9-30.7 10 4.1 1.9- 8.5 124 45.7 37.4-54.3 63 29.1 21.8-37.7
$15,000- 24,999 235 49 19.3 13.8-26.4 7 4.9 1.6-14.2 97 41.3 32.7-50.3 82 34.5 26.6-43.3
$25,000- 34,999 139 34 26.4 17.6-37.6 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6 62 39.2 28.4-51.1 40 33.0 22.8-45.1
$35,000- 49,999 145 30 20.4 13.2-30.2 4 3.7 1.2-10.7 57 37.4 28.3-47.4 54 38.5 29.3-48.5
$50,000-74,999 107 21 17.7 10.9-27.5 3 6.8 1.4-26.6 44 39.7 28.6-51.9 39 35.8 25.3-47.9
$75,000+ 134 30 29.6 20.1-41.4 3 2.7 0.8- 9.2 49 29.8 21.7-39.4 52 37.9 28.5-48.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 674 125 21.6 17.3-26.6 21 3.4 1.7- 6.5 318 41.6 36.4-47.0 210 33.4 28.5-38.7
No 487 113 22.6 18.1-27.8 15 3.7 1.8- 7.5 173 34.5 29.1-40.5 186 39.2 33.6-45.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 102 17 16.0 8.5-28.1 2 1.5 0.3- 6.2 45 38.6 27.7-50.8 38 43.9 32.0-56.5
Non-Veteran 1,079 222 22.0 18.8-25.7 33 3.6 2.1- 5.9 451 37.7 33.7-41.8 373 36.7 32.7-40.9

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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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