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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 79 8 12.2 5.8-24.1 4 7.3 2.6-18.7 12 12.2 6.6-21.5 55 68.3 55.5-78.9
GENDER
Male 12 1 3.2 0.4-20.5 1 9.1 1.2-44.0 1 8.2 1.1-41.5 9 79.5 48.8-94.1
Female 67 7 14.9 6.9-29.4 3 6.7 2.0-20.4 11 13.4 7.0-23.8 46 65.0 50.7-77.0
RACE
White 40 5 14.9 5.7-33.6 3 10.5 3.2-29.6 6 11.4 4.9-24.6 26 63.1 44.9-78.3
African American 36 3 10.0 3.0-28.5 1 3.7 0.5-22.1 6 14.4 5.8-31.6 26 71.8 52.7-85.4
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 1 46.7 7.0-91.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 53.3 8.9-93.0
Non-Hispanic 76 7 10.1 4.5-21.1 4 7.7 2.8-19.8 12 12.9 7.0-22.7 53 69.3 56.3-79.8
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 12 3 28.2 8.7-61.9 1 8.1 1.1-41.0 2 11.9 2.6-40.3 6 51.8 23.7-78.8
45-54 19 2 14.4 3.6-43.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.8 2.5-26.7 14 76.8 51.0-91.3
55-64 21 2 9.0 2.2-30.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.4 1.7-27.0 17 83.6 62.3-94.0
65-74 13 0 0.0 . - . 1 14.9 2.2-58.1 2 11.5 2.4-40.7 10 73.6 38.9-92.4
75+ 8 1 8.7 1.1-44.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 47.6 16.8-80.3 4 43.7 15.1-77.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 25 1 2.3 0.3-15.3 2 15.5 4.0-44.8 3 8.0 2.1-26.7 19 74.1 48.9-89.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 25 3 15.4 4.4-41.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.4 2.1-22.8 19 77.2 53.1-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 19 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.2 2.4-34.1 5 26.4 10.8-51.4 12 63.4 39.2-82.3
College Graduate 10 4 50.9 20.7-80.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.7 1.0-40.4 5 41.4 15.3-73.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 19 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 13.0 4.3-33.5 15 87.0 66.5-95.7
$15,000- 24,999 16 3 14.7 4.4-39.4 3 28.3 9.5-59.9 2 8.7 2.0-30.6 8 48.3 23.1-74.4
$25,000- 34,999 12 1 11.4 1.6-50.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 18.4 4.5-51.8 9 70.2 37.9-90.1
$35,000- 49,999 6 1 31.8 4.6-81.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 18.6 3.6-58.6 3 49.6 11.9-87.8
$50,000-74,999 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 24.8 2.4-81.7 2 75.2 18.3-97.6
$75,000+ 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 52 4 7.3 2.5-19.6 0 0.0 . - . 8 12.5 5.8-24.9 40 80.2 66.2-89.3
No 25 4 21.3 7.9-46.2 3 14.0 4.1-38.1 4 12.6 4.3-31.5 14 52.1 30.5-72.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 6 0 0.0 . - . 1 20.9 2.9-70.0 1 19.0 2.6-67.5 4 60.1 20.5-89.8
Non-Veteran 73 8 13.6 6.4-26.4 3 5.7 1.7-17.8 11 11.4 6.0-20.7 51 69.2 55.8-80.0

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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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