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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did you take a prescription asthma medication to prevent an asthma attack from occurring?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than once a week Once or twice a week > Twice a week not every day Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,183 240 21.5 18.4-25.0 36 3.4 2.1- 5.6 496 37.7 34.0-41.7 411 37.3 33.5-41.3
-Northeast Partnership II 39 7 26.8 12.8-47.6 2 3.6 0.8-14.3 18 42.0 26.4-59.4 12 27.7 15.1-45.2
GENDER
Male 4 2 62.9 17.4-93.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 37.1 6.9-82.6 0 0.0 . - .
Female 35 5 19.4 7.8-40.6 2 4.3 1.0-16.8 16 43.0 26.6-61.1 12 33.3 18.6-52.2
RACE
White 27 5 24.7 10.2-48.8 2 5.3 1.2-20.5 11 40.4 22.6-61.1 9 29.6 14.6-50.7
Other 12 2 30.9 7.8-70.2 0 0.0 . - . 7 45.3 18.4-75.3 3 23.8 6.7-57.8
AGE
18-44 9 2 28.5 7.1-67.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 35.8 12.3-68.9 3 35.7 11.3-70.8
45+ 30 5 26.0 10.5-51.3 2 5.1 1.2-19.6 14 44.6 26.3-64.6 9 24.3 11.8-43.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 23 4 29.5 11.3-57.9 1 2.0 0.3-13.3 9 31.3 15.0-54.2 9 37.2 18.4-60.8
Some College + 16 3 22.4 6.9-52.7 1 6.1 0.8-33.3 9 59.1 33.4-80.6 3 12.4 3.8-33.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 27 5 27.1 10.9-53.1 2 5.0 1.1-19.5 14 46.6 26.9-67.3 6 21.3 8.8-43.3
$50,000+ 6 2 42.8 11.4-81.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 24.6 5.0-66.8 2 32.6 7.2-75.2

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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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