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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,166 312 27.6 24.0-31.4 109 8.5 6.6-10.7 247 18.8 16.1-21.9 498 45.1 41.1-49.2
-Northeastern Partnership 80 20 23.6 14.8-35.4 9 9.5 4.5-19.2 18 28.8 18.3-42.2 33 38.1 26.7-50.9
GENDER
Male 12 3 22.6 6.5-55.0 1 5.6 0.7-31.9 4 49.5 22.0-77.4 4 22.3 7.4-50.5
Female 68 17 23.8 14.4-36.8 8 10.7 4.7-22.4 14 22.7 13.5-35.6 29 42.7 29.8-56.7
RACE
White 41 10 20.9 10.6-36.8 6 14.1 5.8-30.5 8 23.1 11.4-41.3 17 41.9 25.9-59.9
African American 35 10 30.1 15.6-50.1 3 4.5 1.4-13.8 8 31.3 15.6-52.8 14 34.2 19.3-53.0
Other Minorities 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 87.7 37.4-98.8 1 12.3 1.2-62.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 1 36.2 4.5-87.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.1 1.8-69.6 1 46.7 7.0-91.1
Non-Hispanic 77 19 22.8 14.0-34.7 9 10.1 4.8-20.3 17 29.5 18.6-43.4 32 37.5 26.1-50.6
AGE
25-34 6 0 0.0 . - . 2 40.9 9.4-82.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 59.1 17.9-90.6
35-44 13 3 16.8 4.9-43.9 1 6.7 0.9-36.0 4 37.0 13.8-68.3 5 39.5 15.7-69.7
45-54 19 5 23.3 8.9-48.6 0 0.0 . - . 8 42.5 20.7-67.7 6 34.2 14.4-61.5
55-64 20 5 24.9 9.9-50.1 2 7.1 1.7-24.9 1 5.0 0.7-28.5 12 63.0 39.4-81.7
65-74 14 5 41.5 16.8-71.3 3 18.3 5.3-47.1 3 29.1 9.4-61.8 3 11.2 3.1-33.1
75+ 8 2 29.9 7.1-70.6 1 8.8 1.2-44.5 2 35.1 9.5-73.6 3 26.2 7.6-60.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 6 22.3 8.7-46.4 3 11.6 2.7-38.3 7 35.5 16.7-60.2 10 30.5 14.9-52.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 23 4 15.3 5.0-38.1 3 8.4 2.5-24.9 2 14.1 3.2-45.1 14 62.3 37.7-81.8
Some Post-H.S. 20 7 35.3 17.0-59.2 2 9.0 2.2-30.6 6 37.2 17.6-62.0 5 18.5 6.9-40.9
College Graduate 11 3 23.9 6.6-58.4 1 8.2 1.1-41.7 3 30.7 9.7-64.6 4 37.2 12.9-70.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 19 4 12.1 4.0-31.1 2 5.6 1.3-21.0 4 31.3 11.7-61.0 9 51.1 26.5-75.1
$15,000- 24,999 18 1 5.8 0.8-32.3 5 29.6 11.6-57.5 4 35.4 14.0-64.9 8 29.2 12.7-53.8
$25,000- 34,999 12 4 35.8 13.2-67.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 46.9 20.9-74.7 2 17.3 3.8-52.5
$35,000- 49,999 6 2 18.6 3.6-58.6 1 6.9 0.8-40.7 1 35.8 5.6-84.0 2 38.7 7.4-83.2
$50,000-74,999 3 1 10.1 0.9-57.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 24.8 2.4-81.7 1 65.2 13.7-95.7
$75,000+ 5 4 79.3 29.5-97.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 20.7 2.8-70.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 53 13 23.3 12.8-38.5 5 7.0 2.7-16.8 12 27.3 15.6-43.2 23 42.4 28.0-58.3
No 25 7 26.0 11.8-47.9 4 14.6 4.7-37.5 4 25.4 9.5-52.5 10 34.0 16.9-56.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 6 2 26.3 5.4-69.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 46.9 13.5-83.4 2 26.7 5.9-68.1
Non-Veteran 74 18 23.3 14.2-35.7 9 10.6 5.0-21.1 16 26.8 16.4-40.7 31 39.3 27.3-52.8

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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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