BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for a routine checkup for your asthma?*)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Once	Twice	Three or more times	None
North Carolina	1,171	307	27.3	23.9-31.1	136	11.6	9.0-14.7	220	16.3	13.8-19.2	508	44.8	40.9-48.8
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	22	9	28.7	13.4-51.2	2	11.9	2.9-37.6	2	15.9	4.0-46.3	9	43.5	22.9-66.6
Buncombe	53	17	26.3	15.8-40.5	6	9.3	3.9-20.4	8	19.0	9.0-35.8	22	45.4	30.9-60.8
Cabarrus	33	7	31.3	12.9-58.4	3	5.3	1.4-17.8	7	19.9	6.4-47.5	16	43.6	21.3-68.8
Catawba	36	12	33.7	17.5-54.9	6	15.9	6.2-35.0	6	16.5	6.5-35.9	12	33.9	17.6-55.1
Cumberland	37	10	37.4	19.3-59.9	4	7.5	2.4-21.1	10	24.0	11.0-44.7	13	31.1	16.6-50.5
Davidson	19	3	16.4	4.0-48.1	3	24.3	5.5-63.8	1	3.4	0.4-21.4	12	55.9	27.2-81.1
Durham	30	10	34.5	16.7-58.0	3	7.9	2.2-24.5	5	9.1	3.1-24.0	12	48.6	27.6-70.0
Forsyth	26	6	31.2	14.4-55.0	5	14.1	5.6-31.5	3	6.4	2.0-19.0	12	48.3	28.5-68.6
Gaston	34	11	34.9	17.8-57.0	3	10.2	3.0-29.3	6	13.0	5.4-27.9	14	41.9	24.3-61.9
Guilford	38	13	40.2	20.6-63.5	7	26.1	8.4-57.7	4	6.0	2.0-16.4	14	27.7	14.1-47.2
Iredell	24	8	33.4	16.5-56.0	1	2.4	0.3-15.8	3	10.1	2.7-31.1	12	54.1	32.3-74.5
Johnston	29	8	33.8	15.5-58.8	3	8.8	2.3-28.2	8	25.9	11.7-48.0	10	31.4	14.8-54.7
Mecklenburg	63	15	25.1	14.6-39.5	10	14.7	6.4-30.0	6	7.3	2.7-18.3	32	52.9	38.4-67.0
New Hanover	26	12	42.4	23.3-63.9	3	13.6	4.3-36.0	1	4.6	0.6-26.7	10	39.4	20.1-62.6
Onslow	23	6	35.3	16.1-60.8	2	7.4	1.5-29.6	4	20.6	7.7-44.5	11	36.7	19.5-58.2
Orange	32	11	35.5	19.4-55.7	5	14.8	5.8-32.9	2	3.0	0.7-11.7	14	46.7	28.1-66.3
Pitt	26	4	12.4	4.2-31.7	2	7.7	1.9-26.4	11	34.8	17.8-56.9	9	45.1	24.8-67.2
Randolph	35	10	28.5	15.5-46.4	4	10.3	3.7-25.6	9	28.9	14.6-49.1	12	32.3	18.5-50.2
Robeson	38	12	31.4	17.9-48.9	3	4.7	1.4-14.3	12	34.6	19.8-53.2	11	29.3	15.7-48.1
Rowan	36	11	34.7	18.5-55.3	1	1.3	0.2- 8.8	5	7.5	2.9-17.9	19	56.6	36.5-74.7
Union	23	5	17.9	6.2-41.9	3	10.9	3.3-30.4	3	13.1	3.0-42.9	12	58.0	33.9-78.7
Wake	51	13	23.4	12.7-39.1	4	7.3	1.8-24.7	4	5.5	1.8-15.0	30	63.9	47.1-77.8
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	28	8	22.4	9.9-42.9	4	6.1	2.0-17.2	6	33.8	13.5-62.6	10	37.8	17.9-62.9
Northeast Partnership II	37	8	25.9	13.0-45.0	10	33.8	18.5-53.4	4	6.7	2.4-17.7	15	33.6	19.4-51.5
Northeast Partnership I	30	6	15.8	6.8-32.6	0	0.0	. - .	13	46.7	27.5-66.8	11	37.5	19.8-59.4
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	34	8	29.6	13.6-53.1	3	6.3	1.9-19.0	9	23.8	11.8-42.0	14	40.3	22.6-60.8
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	35	6	12.3	4.1-31.8	4	10.7	3.8-26.5	11	32.0	17.1-51.7	14	45.0	27.4-63.9
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	24	7	21.3	8.7-43.5	6	17.6	6.7-39.0	2	6.2	1.3-24.7	9	54.8	28.7-78.5
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	41	8	21.4	10.1-39.8	4	5.7	2.0-15.1	7	13.6	6.0-28.2	22	59.3	41.7-74.8
Chatham/Lee/Moore	29	4	13.8	5.1-32.1	6	21.6	9.7-41.5	6	18.0	7.6-37.0	13	46.6	28.4-65.8
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	45	8	23.0	8.0-50.7	5	22.3	6.7-53.1	15	21.7	11.0-38.2	17	33.1	17.2-54.0
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	29	8	33.9	13.4-63.1	2	6.3	1.5-22.9	5	20.2	7.9-42.5	14	39.6	20.7-62.1
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	15	2	11.0	2.6-36.3	1	13.3	2.0-54.1	6	36.3	15.7-63.6	6	39.4	17.6-66.3
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	28	6	25.5	10.7-49.5	3	11.7	3.6-32.1	6	16.2	6.6-34.7	13	46.5	25.9-68.4
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	62	15	28.5	15.3-46.8	5	8.6	2.9-22.8	10	14.6	6.6-29.1	32	48.3	32.7-64.3
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	75	18	28.7	17.9-42.7	11	17.6	9.4-30.5	18	19.6	11.9-30.6	28	34.1	22.9-47.4
No	1,096	289	27.3	23.7-31.2	125	11.3	8.7-14.6	202	16.1	13.5-19.1	480	45.3	41.3-49.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	375	95	24.6	19.4-30.7	46	10.9	7.9-15.0	97	25.7	20.0-32.4	137	38.7	32.1-45.8
Piedmont	649	171	28.8	24.0-34.1	78	13.0	9.2-18.2	95	10.9	8.5-13.9	305	47.3	42.0-52.6
Western NC	147	41	27.0	18.5-37.7	12	8.1	4.0-15.5	28	18.3	11.9-27.1	66	46.6	36.4-57.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	115	32	27.7	17.9-40.2	11	8.8	4.2-17.6	18	16.2	9.3-26.6	54	47.3	35.8-59.1
Northwest	189	51	27.1	20.2-35.3	17	8.5	4.6-15.0	31	15.6	10.5-22.6	90	48.8	40.1-57.7
Charlotte	184	42	25.2	17.8-34.3	23	13.4	8.0-21.6	31	12.6	8.1-19.0	88	48.8	39.7-58.0
Greensboro	148	50	40.5	27.8-54.7	20	17.8	7.8-35.6	20	10.4	6.0-17.3	58	31.3	21.8-42.6
Southern Regional	137	32	25.2	16.2-36.9	19	15.7	7.7-29.4	42	27.6	18.9-38.3	44	31.5	22.4-42.3
Coastal	50	19	29.8	16.1-48.4	8	12.6	5.7-25.6	4	12.8	4.2-32.9	19	44.8	25.9-65.3
Wake	159	42	27.3	19.2-37.2	14	6.9	3.1-14.6	22	8.7	5.3-14.1	81	57.1	46.8-66.8
Area L	53	7	13.9	6.3-27.7	6	11.6	5.1-24.6	18	33.2	20.9-48.2	22	41.3	27.5-56.6
Eastern	136	32	20.6	13.9-29.6	18	11.9	7.0-19.4	34	26.6	16.8-39.5	52	40.8	30.1-52.5

Total
Respond.^

Once

Twice

Three or more times

None

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,171

307

27.3

23.9-31.1

136

11.6

9.0-14.7

220

16.3

13.8-19.2

508

44.8

40.9-48.8

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

28.7

13.4-51.2

11.9

2.9-37.6

15.9

4.0-46.3

43.5

22.9-66.6

Buncombe

26.3

15.8-40.5

9.3

3.9-20.4

19.0

9.0-35.8

45.4

30.9-60.8

Cabarrus

31.3

12.9-58.4

5.3

1.4-17.8

19.9

6.4-47.5

43.6

21.3-68.8

Catawba

33.7

17.5-54.9

15.9

6.2-35.0

16.5

6.5-35.9

33.9

17.6-55.1

Cumberland

37.4

19.3-59.9

7.5

2.4-21.1

24.0

11.0-44.7

31.1

16.6-50.5

Davidson

16.4

4.0-48.1

24.3

5.5-63.8

3.4

0.4-21.4

55.9

27.2-81.1

Durham

34.5

16.7-58.0

7.9

2.2-24.5

9.1

3.1-24.0

48.6

27.6-70.0

Forsyth

31.2

14.4-55.0

14.1

5.6-31.5

6.4

2.0-19.0

48.3

28.5-68.6

Gaston

34.9

17.8-57.0

10.2

3.0-29.3

13.0

5.4-27.9

41.9

24.3-61.9

Guilford

40.2

20.6-63.5

26.1

8.4-57.7

6.0

2.0-16.4

27.7

14.1-47.2

Iredell

33.4

16.5-56.0

2.4

0.3-15.8

10.1

2.7-31.1

54.1

32.3-74.5

Johnston

33.8

15.5-58.8

8.8

2.3-28.2

25.9

11.7-48.0

31.4

14.8-54.7

Mecklenburg

25.1

14.6-39.5

14.7

6.4-30.0

7.3

2.7-18.3

52.9

38.4-67.0

New Hanover

42.4

23.3-63.9

13.6

4.3-36.0

4.6

0.6-26.7

39.4

20.1-62.6

Onslow

35.3

16.1-60.8

7.4

1.5-29.6

20.6

7.7-44.5

36.7

19.5-58.2

Orange

35.5

19.4-55.7

14.8

5.8-32.9

3.0

0.7-11.7

46.7

28.1-66.3

Pitt

12.4

4.2-31.7

7.7

1.9-26.4

34.8

17.8-56.9

45.1

24.8-67.2

Randolph

28.5

15.5-46.4

10.3

3.7-25.6

28.9

14.6-49.1

32.3

18.5-50.2

Robeson

31.4

17.9-48.9

4.7

1.4-14.3

34.6

19.8-53.2

29.3

15.7-48.1

Rowan

34.7

18.5-55.3

1.3

0.2- 8.8

7.5

2.9-17.9

56.6

36.5-74.7

Union

17.9

6.2-41.9

10.9

3.3-30.4

13.1

3.0-42.9

58.0

33.9-78.7

Wake

23.4

12.7-39.1

7.3

1.8-24.7

5.5

1.8-15.0

63.9

47.1-77.8

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

22.4

9.9-42.9

6.1

2.0-17.2

33.8

13.5-62.6

37.8

17.9-62.9

Northeast Partnership II

25.9

13.0-45.0

33.8

18.5-53.4

6.7

2.4-17.7

33.6

19.4-51.5

Northeast Partnership I

15.8

6.8-32.6

0.0

. - .

46.7

27.5-66.8

37.5

19.8-59.4

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

29.6

13.6-53.1

6.3

1.9-19.0

23.8

11.8-42.0

40.3

22.6-60.8

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

12.3

4.1-31.8

10.7

3.8-26.5

32.0

17.1-51.7

45.0

27.4-63.9

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

21.3

8.7-43.5

17.6

6.7-39.0

6.2

1.3-24.7

54.8

28.7-78.5

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

21.4

10.1-39.8

5.7

2.0-15.1

13.6

6.0-28.2

59.3

41.7-74.8

Chatham/Lee/Moore

13.8

5.1-32.1

21.6

9.7-41.5

18.0

7.6-37.0

46.6

28.4-65.8

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

23.0

8.0-50.7

22.3

6.7-53.1

21.7

11.0-38.2

33.1

17.2-54.0

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

33.9

13.4-63.1

6.3

1.5-22.9

20.2

7.9-42.5

39.6

20.7-62.1

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

11.0

2.6-36.3

13.3

2.0-54.1

36.3

15.7-63.6

39.4

17.6-66.3

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

25.5

10.7-49.5

11.7

3.6-32.1

16.2

6.6-34.7

46.5

25.9-68.4

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

28.5

15.3-46.8

8.6

2.9-22.8

14.6

6.6-29.1

48.3

32.7-64.3

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

28.7

17.9-42.7

17.6

9.4-30.5

19.6

11.9-30.6

34.1

22.9-47.4

1,096

289

27.3

23.7-31.2

125

11.3

8.7-14.6

202

16.1

13.5-19.1

480

45.3

41.3-49.4

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

375

24.6

19.4-30.7

10.9

7.9-15.0

25.7

20.0-32.4

137

38.7

32.1-45.8

Piedmont

649

171

28.8

24.0-34.1

13.0

9.2-18.2

10.9

8.5-13.9

305

47.3

42.0-52.6

Western NC

147

27.0

18.5-37.7

8.1

4.0-15.5

18.3

11.9-27.1

46.6

36.4-57.1

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

115

27.7

17.9-40.2

8.8

4.2-17.6

16.2

9.3-26.6

47.3

35.8-59.1

Northwest

189

27.1

20.2-35.3

8.5

4.6-15.0

15.6

10.5-22.6

48.8

40.1-57.7

Charlotte

184

25.2

17.8-34.3

13.4

8.0-21.6

12.6

8.1-19.0

48.8

39.7-58.0

Greensboro

148

40.5

27.8-54.7

17.8

7.8-35.6

10.4

6.0-17.3

31.3

21.8-42.6

Southern Regional

137

25.2

16.2-36.9

15.7

7.7-29.4

27.6

18.9-38.3

31.5

22.4-42.3

Coastal

29.8

16.1-48.4

12.6

5.7-25.6

12.8

4.2-32.9

44.8

25.9-65.3

Wake

159

27.3

19.2-37.2

6.9

3.1-14.6

8.7

5.3-14.1

57.1

46.8-66.8

Area L

13.9

6.3-27.7

11.6

5.1-24.6

33.2

20.9-48.2

41.3

27.5-56.6

Eastern

136

20.6

13.9-29.6

11.9

7.0-19.4

26.6

16.8-39.5

40.8

30.1-52.5

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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, 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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