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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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%)
North Carolina 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
-Northeast Partnership I 33 13 41.9 24.2-61.9 3 7.5 2.2-22.9 7 28.1 13.3-49.9 10 22.5 11.2-40.0
GENDER
Male 7 3 45.1 13.8-80.8 1 11.2 1.4-52.0 1 22.4 3.3-71.3 2 21.3 4.4-61.3
Female 26 10 40.2 21.7-62.0 2 5.6 1.3-21.1 6 31.1 14.5-54.6 8 23.1 10.9-42.3
RACE
White 7 4 55.4 20.1-86.0 1 22.4 3.3-70.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 22.2 4.8-61.8
Other 25 9 40.3 20.6-63.7 2 4.6 1.0-17.9 7 35.0 16.7-59.1 7 20.1 8.5-40.6
AGE
18-44 8 2 23.5 5.6-61.5 1 16.6 2.4-62.2 2 32.7 8.6-71.6 3 27.1 7.7-62.3
45+ 25 11 47.4 26.1-69.7 2 4.8 1.1-18.6 5 26.8 10.7-52.8 7 21.1 8.9-42.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 21 8 43.3 21.2-68.6 2 6.3 1.4-23.7 4 22.0 7.8-48.5 7 28.4 12.2-53.1
Some College + 12 5 39.8 15.8-70.0 1 9.3 1.3-44.8 3 36.8 12.5-70.4 3 14.1 4.0-39.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 24 10 41.0 21.1-64.4 3 10.2 2.9-30.0 5 29.9 12.6-55.9 6 18.9 7.3-40.5

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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, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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.

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