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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did symptoms of asthma make it difficult for you to stay asleep?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-2 days 3-4 days 5-10 days More than 10 days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 836 149 18.2 14.6-22.3 88 10.4 7.9-13.6 79 10.8 7.9-14.8 125 12.7 10.0-16.1 395 47.9 42.9-52.8
-Northeast Partnership II 32 9 29.3 14.5-50.1 3 13.8 3.6-40.6 3 12.7 4.0-33.5 3 7.5 2.1-23.1 14 36.8 20.9-56.3
GENDER
Male 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 53.7 9.1-93.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 15.1 1.5-67.0 1 31.1 3.5-84.9
Female 29 9 35.3 18.3-57.1 2 5.5 1.3-20.1 3 15.3 4.9-38.6 2 5.9 1.2-24.4 13 38.0 21.4-57.9
RACE
White 23 6 29.3 12.6-54.4 2 6.5 1.6-23.3 3 18.0 5.8-44.0 1 5.4 0.8-30.0 11 40.8 21.7-63.2
Other 9 3 29.2 7.4-67.9 1 31.0 5.2-78.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.4 2.4-44.8 3 27.4 7.3-64.4
AGE
18-44 7 4 55.2 20.0-85.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 19.4 2.7-67.4 1 13.0 1.7-56.0 1 12.4 1.6-54.6
45+ 25 5 18.5 6.9-41.0 3 19.5 5.3-51.2 2 9.9 2.4-32.6 2 5.2 1.1-21.0 13 46.9 26.1-68.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 20 6 29.0 11.5-56.2 2 17.3 3.6-54.2 3 19.5 6.1-47.3 2 5.7 1.2-22.9 7 28.5 12.2-53.4
Some College + 12 3 29.7 9.5-62.9 1 7.3 1.0-38.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.8 1.5-48.9 7 52.2 24.2-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 23 8 35.3 16.7-59.6 3 18.1 4.8-49.2 3 16.6 5.2-41.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.9 8 28.7 13.2-51.5
$50,000+ 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 30.5 4.0-82.2 3 69.5 17.8-96.0

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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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