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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 40 5 13.3 5.2-30.0 6 14.1 5.6-31.2 10 32.9 18.2-51.9 19 39.7 24.8-56.8
GENDER
Male 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 68.1 22.0-94.2 2 31.9 5.8-78.0
Female 36 5 15.9 6.3-34.7 6 16.9 6.9-36.1 8 25.9 13.3-44.4 17 41.2 25.4-59.1
RACE
White 28 4 15.5 5.4-37.2 5 19.1 7.2-41.5 7 28.3 13.8-49.3 12 37.2 20.6-57.5
Other 12 1 8.7 1.2-43.4 1 3.6 0.5-23.2 3 42.7 15.2-75.5 7 45.0 18.2-75.0
AGE
18-44 9 1 9.6 1.3-46.5 2 25.1 5.6-65.5 1 10.1 1.4-47.9 5 55.1 23.1-83.5
45+ 31 4 14.8 5.1-35.9 4 9.7 3.4-24.7 9 42.1 23.7-63.0 14 33.4 18.8-52.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 24 2 10.6 2.6-34.6 4 16.0 5.0-41.1 4 26.4 9.9-54.0 14 46.9 26.0-68.9
Some College + 16 3 17.8 5.0-47.0 2 10.9 2.7-35.6 6 43.7 21.2-69.2 5 27.6 11.0-54.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 28 1 3.8 0.5-23.0 5 17.1 6.2-39.1 9 41.4 22.6-63.1 13 37.7 20.7-58.4
$50,000+ 6 4 63.1 22.6-90.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.5 2.3-65.2 1 19.5 2.7-68.2

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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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