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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Asthma

During the past 12 months, besides emergency room visits, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

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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 1,186 154 13.8 11.0-17.3 95 9.1 6.8-11.9 145 11.5 9.3-14.0 792 65.6 61.6-69.4
-Northeast Partnership II 39 4 10.7 3.8-26.5 3 11.6 3.6-31.9 4 10.0 3.7-24.3 28 67.7 49.4-81.8
GENDER
Male 4 0 0.0 . - . 1 25.0 3.1-77.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 75.0 22.5-96.9
Female 35 4 12.9 4.6-30.9 2 8.9 1.9-32.5 4 12.0 4.5-28.4 25 66.2 46.9-81.3
RACE
White 27 2 5.7 1.4-20.9 3 17.2 5.4-43.1 4 14.8 5.5-34.2 18 62.2 40.8-79.8
Other 12 2 21.0 5.1-56.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 10 79.0 43.3-94.9
AGE
18-44 9 2 17.3 4.0-51.1 2 25.1 5.6-65.5 1 10.1 1.4-47.9 4 47.5 18.3-78.6
45+ 30 2 7.9 1.8-29.3 1 6.0 0.8-32.0 3 9.9 3.1-27.2 24 76.2 54.8-89.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 24 2 6.9 1.6-25.3 2 15.2 3.9-44.0 1 3.6 0.5-22.1 19 74.3 49.2-89.6
Some College + 15 2 17.5 4.3-50.1 1 5.1 0.7-29.4 3 21.4 6.9-49.9 9 56.0 29.9-79.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 27 4 14.9 5.3-35.4 2 13.6 3.5-40.6 3 9.8 3.1-27.1 18 61.7 39.8-79.7
$50,000+ 6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.5 2.3-65.2 5 82.5 34.8-97.7

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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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