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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you visit an emergency room or urgent care center because of 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 1,164 59 5.0 3.4- 7.3 30 3.1 1.9- 5.0 164 15.5 12.7-18.8 911 76.4 72.7-79.8
-Northeastern Partnership 79 7 8.0 3.6-16.7 2 2.8 0.6-12.1 14 17.0 9.2-29.3 56 72.2 59.5-82.1
GENDER
Male 12 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 24.7 6.3-61.6 10 75.3 38.4-93.7
Female 67 7 10.4 4.7-21.2 2 3.7 0.8-15.3 12 14.7 7.8-26.1 46 71.2 58.0-81.6
RACE
White 40 3 5.7 1.7-17.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 8.4 2.7-23.2 33 85.9 70.9-93.9
African American 35 4 12.1 4.3-29.8 2 7.0 1.5-26.8 9 29.5 14.3-51.1 20 51.4 32.7-69.8
Other Minorities 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 12.3 1.2-62.6 2 87.7 37.4-98.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 36.2 4.5-87.2 2 63.8 12.8-95.5
Non-Hispanic 76 7 8.5 3.9-17.6 2 3.0 0.7-12.8 13 15.8 8.2-28.2 54 72.7 59.8-82.7
AGE
25-34 6 0 0.0 . - . 1 23.3 3.2-73.4 1 9.0 1.1-47.0 4 67.7 24.1-93.2
35-44 13 2 12.9 3.0-41.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 14.5 3.9-41.2 8 72.6 44.3-89.9
45-54 19 3 10.6 3.0-31.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 24.0 8.1-53.2 12 65.4 38.9-84.9
55-64 19 1 3.6 0.5-22.0 1 4.7 0.6-27.1 2 6.3 1.5-23.0 15 85.4 65.3-94.8
65-74 14 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 26.8 8.0-60.6 11 73.2 39.4-92.0
75+ 8 1 17.6 2.5-64.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.8 1.2-44.5 6 73.6 33.8-93.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 3 9.8 2.8-28.6 0 0.0 . - . 6 31.2 13.3-57.3 17 59.0 35.4-79.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 23 1 5.6 0.8-31.0 2 9.2 2.0-33.8 3 6.6 1.9-20.1 17 78.6 55.7-91.5
Some Post-H.S. 20 1 6.1 0.8-32.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 17.6 6.1-41.2 15 76.4 52.2-90.5
College Graduate 10 2 13.0 2.9-42.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.7 0.6-28.6 7 82.3 53.0-95.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 19 4 22.9 8.1-50.0 2 15.1 3.4-47.5 4 14.8 4.6-38.5 9 47.2 23.6-72.1
$15,000- 24,999 16 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 38.3 15.3-68.1 11 61.7 31.9-84.7
$25,000- 34,999 12 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.6 0.6-27.6 11 95.4 72.4-99.4
$35,000- 49,999 6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.7 1.0-47.1 5 91.3 52.9-99.0
$50,000-74,999 3 1 24.8 2.4-81.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.1 0.9-57.3 1 65.2 13.7-95.7
$75,000+ 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 53 6 11.5 4.9-24.6 2 4.7 1.0-18.9 9 13.6 6.4-26.9 36 70.2 54.9-82.0
No 24 1 2.8 0.4-17.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 18.4 5.8-45.0 19 78.9 53.3-92.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 20.9 2.9-70.0 5 79.1 30.0-97.1
Non-Veteran 73 7 8.9 4.0-18.4 2 3.2 0.7-13.3 13 16.6 8.6-29.4 51 71.4 58.1-81.8

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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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