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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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%)
North Carolina 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
-Northeast Partnership I 34 2 7.5 1.8-26.2 0 0.0 . - . 9 24.6 11.8-44.3 23 67.9 48.1-82.8
GENDER
Male 7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .
Female 27 2 11.2 2.8-35.9 0 0.0 . - . 9 37.0 19.1-59.2 16 51.8 31.6-71.5
RACE
White 7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.5 1.0-40.7 6 92.5 59.3-99.0
Other 26 2 9.3 2.2-31.3 0 0.0 . - . 8 28.9 13.4-51.6 16 61.9 39.5-80.1
AGE
18-44 8 1 13.1 1.8-55.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 36.0 10.7-72.4 4 51.0 19.4-81.8
45+ 26 1 5.9 0.8-31.9 0 0.0 . - . 6 21.3 8.3-44.7 19 72.8 49.1-88.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 22 2 12.5 3.1-39.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 27.7 11.1-54.0 14 59.8 35.0-80.4
Some College + 12 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 20.0 5.6-51.5 9 80.0 48.5-94.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 24 1 4.1 0.6-24.3 0 0.0 . - . 8 25.7 11.6-47.7 15 70.2 48.0-85.7

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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.

** 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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