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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-7 Days 8-30 days More than 30 Days None
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
-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
GENDER
Male 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 21.4 2.4-75.1 2 78.6 24.9-97.6
Female 32 3 7.9 2.3-23.3 6 12.0 5.1-25.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.5 22 78.6 62.2-89.1
RACE
White 24 3 9.9 2.9-28.7 4 11.0 3.9-27.5 0 0.0 . - . 17 79.1 59.7-90.6
Other 11 0 0.0 . - . 2 9.8 2.1-35.3 2 12.7 2.9-42.0 7 77.5 48.5-92.6
AGE
18-44 9 2 16.4 3.7-49.9 1 5.5 0.7-32.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 78.1 45.8-93.8
45+ 26 1 2.1 0.3-14.0 5 13.3 5.2-30.1 2 5.7 1.3-21.3 18 78.9 60.7-90.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 22 1 2.3 0.3-14.9 5 14.9 5.7-33.5 2 6.0 1.4-22.7 14 76.9 56.9-89.3
Some College + 13 2 14.8 3.5-45.2 1 3.7 0.5-23.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 81.5 52.8-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 23 1 2.1 0.3-13.8 5 13.8 5.3-31.2 1 2.1 0.3-13.6 16 82.1 64.3-92.1
$50,000+ 6 1 17.5 2.3-65.2 1 7.1 0.9-40.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 75.4 33.2-95.0

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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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