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1-7 Days | 8-30 days | More than 30 Days | None | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,123 | 190 | 18.8 | 15.4-22.7 | 107 | 8.7 | 6.8-11.0 | 71 | 5.1 | 3.8- 6.6 | 755 | 67.5 | 63.5-71.3 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 25 | 2 | 7.5 | 1.3-33.5 | 2 | 14.8 | 3.7-43.9 | 2 | 10.0 | 2.5-32.7 | 19 | 67.6 | 42.9-85.3 |
Buncombe | 48 | 10 | 22.4 | 11.8-38.4 | 5 | 11.7 | 4.1-29.4 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.7-13.9 | 31 | 62.5 | 46.0-76.6 |
Cabarrus | 31 | 5 | 8.3 | 2.9-21.5 | 4 | 31.3 | 10.3-64.2 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.8 | 21 | 58.7 | 31.2-81.6 |
Catawba | 36 | 3 | 13.5 | 3.6-39.8 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 7.9 | 3 | 6.3 | 1.9-19.0 | 29 | 79.0 | 56.6-91.6 |
Cumberland | 34 | 12 | 26.8 | 13.4-46.4 | 2 | 12.8 | 3.2-39.6 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.8 | 19 | 59.0 | 37.9-77.2 |
Davidson | 16 | 2 | 16.1 | 3.5-50.7 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.7-29.5 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-23.8 | 12 | 75.1 | 44.0-92.0 |
Durham | 30 | 2 | 4.1 | 0.9-16.1 | 1 | 3.7 | 0.5-22.7 | 4 | 4.7 | 1.5-14.0 | 23 | 87.5 | 71.6-95.1 |
Forsyth | 26 | 5 | 22.3 | 9.1-45.1 | 4 | 11.3 | 4.1-27.9 | 2 | 8.6 | 2.1-29.0 | 15 | 57.8 | 36.9-76.3 |
Gaston | 33 | 6 | 23.1 | 8.7-48.6 | 2 | 5.9 | 1.5-21.2 | 4 | 10.7 | 3.3-29.6 | 21 | 60.3 | 38.9-78.4 |
Guilford | 36 | 6 | 31.4 | 11.0-62.9 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.5 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.6- 9.6 | 27 | 64.5 | 35.6-85.7 |
Iredell | 21 | 1 | 4.8 | 0.7-27.7 | 2 | 10.9 | 2.7-35.5 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.4-20.1 | 17 | 81.1 | 57.4-93.1 |
Johnston | 28 | 5 | 21.3 | 7.4-48.0 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.6-10.7 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-15.0 | 20 | 73.7 | 48.9-89.1 |
Mecklenburg | 61 | 8 | 9.7 | 4.7-19.2 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.3 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.6-11.1 | 48 | 85.2 | 74.7-91.8 |
New Hanover | 24 | 5 | 21.7 | 8.7-44.8 | 1 | 4.1 | 0.6-24.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 18 | 74.2 | 51.2-88.8 |
Onslow | 23 | 3 | 17.9 | 5.7-44.3 | 2 | 9.8 | 2.4-32.5 | 3 | 11.1 | 3.1-32.7 | 15 | 61.1 | 37.9-80.2 |
Orange | 31 | 8 | 24.2 | 11.6-43.7 | 2 | 11.3 | 2.1-42.5 | 2 | 7.8 | 1.9-27.1 | 19 | 56.7 | 36.3-75.0 |
Pitt | 26 | 8 | 35.1 | 17.4-58.1 | 4 | 6.2 | 2.2-16.4 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.5-20.6 | 13 | 55.4 | 33.8-75.1 |
Randolph | 35 | 3 | 11.9 | 3.9-31.3 | 4 | 16.8 | 5.9-39.4 | 3 | 10.2 | 2.8-30.9 | 25 | 61.1 | 41.4-77.7 |
Robeson | 33 | 5 | 20.2 | 8.5-40.7 | 4 | 10.0 | 3.7-24.4 | 3 | 6.4 | 1.8-20.8 | 21 | 63.3 | 44.3-78.9 |
Rowan | 32 | 7 | 21.7 | 9.0-43.9 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.7-11.2 | 3 | 10.5 | 3.1-29.6 | 20 | 65.0 | 43.1-82.0 |
Union | 23 | 8 | 23.8 | 10.7-44.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 15 | 76.2 | 55.1-89.3 |
Wake | 51 | 8 | 14.5 | 6.2-30.2 | 3 | 6.0 | 1.7-18.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 40 | 79.5 | 63.3-89.7 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 26 | 6 | 25.6 | 9.1-54.1 | 4 | 13.6 | 4.4-35.2 | 3 | 11.3 | 3.1-33.9 | 13 | 49.5 | 25.7-73.5 |
Northeast Partnership II | 35 | 3 | 7.0 | 2.1-21.0 | 6 | 10.7 | 4.5-23.1 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-14.7 | 24 | 78.6 | 63.2-88.7 |
Northeast Partnership I | 28 | 5 | 21.9 | 8.9-44.8 | 1 | 3.9 | 0.5-23.1 | 2 | 10.8 | 2.7-34.1 | 20 | 63.4 | 41.4-81.0 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 33 | 5 | 12.6 | 4.8-29.0 | 5 | 13.5 | 5.3-30.3 | 2 | 4.1 | 0.8-18.2 | 21 | 69.8 | 50.7-83.8 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 35 | 8 | 36.6 | 17.2-61.6 | 4 | 6.0 | 1.9-16.9 | 4 | 6.9 | 2.4-18.7 | 19 | 50.5 | 29.8-71.1 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 23 | 5 | 36.7 | 12.2-70.9 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-23.5 | 2 | 9.3 | 2.2-32.1 | 15 | 50.2 | 23.7-76.6 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 41 | 8 | 23.2 | 11.5-41.5 | 6 | 9.8 | 4.1-21.7 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-14.8 | 25 | 63.4 | 45.8-78.0 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 29 | 6 | 26.6 | 12.4-48.1 | 4 | 12.6 | 4.3-31.8 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-12.9 | 18 | 58.8 | 39.0-76.2 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 44 | 9 | 12.7 | 5.6-26.2 | 5 | 6.7 | 2.2-18.8 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.9 | 29 | 80.0 | 64.0-90.0 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 29 | 2 | 5.5 | 1.3-20.4 | 9 | 26.4 | 12.1-48.3 | 2 | 7.8 | 1.9-27.2 | 16 | 60.4 | 37.7-79.3 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 12 | 2 | 15.8 | 3.6-48.2 | 1 | 6.3 | 0.9-34.8 | 2 | 22.0 | 5.4-57.9 | 7 | 55.9 | 27.1-81.2 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 27 | 3 | 9.8 | 2.7-29.5 | 3 | 14.5 | 3.6-43.8 | 6 | 16.3 | 6.4-35.7 | 15 | 59.4 | 36.4-78.9 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 58 | 6 | 18.4 | 7.1-40.3 | 6 | 7.0 | 2.7-16.8 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.8 | 45 | 72.9 | 53.7-86.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 70 | 10 | 16.7 | 8.4-30.7 | 7 | 6.4 | 2.9-13.5 | 4 | 5.2 | 1.9-13.8 | 49 | 71.6 | 58.1-82.1 |
No | 1,053 | 180 | 18.8 | 15.4-22.9 | 100 | 8.8 | 6.8-11.2 | 67 | 5.0 | 3.8- 6.7 | 706 | 67.4 | 63.2-71.3 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 357 | 74 | 26.3 | 19.4-34.5 | 38 | 8.8 | 5.8-13.2 | 24 | 6.2 | 3.8- 9.8 | 221 | 58.7 | 51.0-66.0 |
Piedmont | 632 | 98 | 15.5 | 11.6-20.3 | 54 | 8.5 | 6.1-11.9 | 40 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.7 | 440 | 71.3 | 66.1-76.0 |
Western NC | 134 | 18 | 17.2 | 9.4-29.3 | 15 | 8.7 | 4.8-15.5 | 7 | 4.3 | 1.9- 9.6 | 94 | 69.8 | 58.4-79.2 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 106 | 16 | 19.8 | 10.6-33.9 | 11 | 8.7 | 4.3-16.8 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.6- 7.4 | 76 | 69.3 | 56.1-79.9 |
Northwest | 175 | 21 | 13.1 | 8.1-20.4 | 17 | 8.9 | 5.2-14.9 | 17 | 10.1 | 6.0-16.7 | 120 | 67.9 | 59.0-75.6 |
Charlotte | 178 | 33 | 13.7 | 9.0-20.2 | 12 | 9.5 | 4.5-19.0 | 9 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.5 | 124 | 72.6 | 63.5-80.2 |
Greensboro | 148 | 21 | 20.0 | 9.2-38.0 | 16 | 9.9 | 5.5-16.9 | 10 | 5.5 | 2.7-10.9 | 101 | 64.7 | 50.1-77.0 |
Southern Regional | 130 | 32 | 29.2 | 17.5-44.6 | 14 | 9.8 | 4.7-19.4 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.6- 8.9 | 76 | 57.1 | 43.2-69.9 |
Coastal | 46 | 10 | 34.0 | 15.3-59.5 | 3 | 6.4 | 1.9-19.7 | 2 | 5.5 | 1.3-20.0 | 31 | 54.1 | 32.9-74.0 |
Wake | 158 | 23 | 14.1 | 8.5-22.5 | 11 | 5.2 | 2.3-11.0 | 7 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.9 | 117 | 79.0 | 70.1-85.8 |
Area L | 51 | 9 | 18.5 | 9.4-33.2 | 7 | 12.7 | 5.6-26.3 | 4 | 8.1 | 2.9-20.7 | 31 | 60.7 | 45.3-74.2 |
Eastern | 131 | 25 | 22.3 | 13.6-34.4 | 16 | 9.6 | 5.1-17.3 | 11 | 8.0 | 3.8-15.8 | 79 | 60.1 | 48.3-70.9 |
*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, Edgecombe, 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.
*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program
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