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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for a routine checkup for 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 1,171 307 27.3 23.9-31.1 136 11.6 9.0-14.7 220 16.3 13.8-19.2 508 44.8 40.9-48.8
-Northeast Partnership II 37 8 25.9 13.0-45.0 10 33.8 18.5-53.4 4 6.7 2.4-17.7 15 33.6 19.4-51.5
GENDER
Male 3 1 15.1 1.5-67.0 2 84.9 33.0-98.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Female 34 7 27.7 13.6-48.2 8 25.3 12.8-43.9 4 7.9 2.8-20.3 15 39.2 23.3-57.7
RACE
White 26 5 25.6 10.7-49.7 7 32.2 15.9-54.5 3 6.4 1.9-18.8 11 35.8 19.0-57.1
Other 11 3 26.5 7.8-60.5 3 36.9 11.2-72.9 1 7.5 1.0-39.6 4 29.1 9.2-62.5
AGE
18-44 9 3 39.0 12.8-73.5 4 31.5 10.6-64.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 29.5 7.8-67.5
45+ 28 5 20.0 8.2-41.2 6 34.8 16.6-58.9 4 9.8 3.4-24.9 13 35.4 19.4-55.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 22 4 22.6 8.2-49.0 5 30.4 12.3-57.7 2 6.6 1.5-24.1 11 40.4 20.7-63.8
Some College + 15 4 31.6 12.2-60.4 5 39.6 17.6-66.9 2 7.0 1.6-25.2 4 21.8 7.8-48.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 26 6 28.8 13.0-52.2 7 33.2 15.7-57.0 2 4.0 0.9-15.3 11 34.0 17.6-55.3
$50,000+ 5 0 0.0 . - . 2 50.7 13.3-87.4 1 8.8 1.0-47.0 2 40.5 8.8-82.7

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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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