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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 25 4 12.3 3.9-32.5 2 6.3 1.4-24.6 3 10.8 3.1-31.4 16 70.6 48.6-86.0
GENDER
Male 4 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.8 2.0-67.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 83.2 33.0-98.0
Female 21 4 16.7 5.4-41.4 1 2.5 0.3-16.2 3 14.7 4.3-39.9 13 66.1 41.4-84.3
RACE
White 18 3 10.9 3.3-30.3 2 11.0 2.4-38.2 3 18.9 5.7-47.4 10 59.1 34.0-80.2
Other 7 1 14.0 1.8-59.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 86.0 41.0-98.2
AGE
18-44 8 1 5.8 0.7-34.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 94.2 65.8-99.3
45+ 17 3 16.3 4.4-45.3 2 10.3 2.2-36.6 3 17.6 5.1-45.9 9 55.8 29.4-79.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 9 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.9 2.6-45.2 0 0.0 . - . 7 87.1 54.8-97.4
Some College + 16 4 24.0 8.0-53.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 21.1 6.4-51.4 9 54.9 28.9-78.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 15 2 8.0 1.9-28.3 2 12.0 2.6-40.7 3 20.5 6.1-50.5 8 59.5 32.8-81.5
$50,000+ 6 2 44.8 11.2-83.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 55.2 16.1-88.8

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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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