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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for a routine checkup for 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 1,171 307 27.3 23.9-31.1 136 11.6 9.0-14.7 220 16.3 13.8-19.2 508 44.8 40.9-48.8
-New Hanover County 26 12 42.4 23.3-63.9 3 13.6 4.3-36.0 1 4.6 0.6-26.7 10 39.4 20.1-62.6
GENDER
Male 5 3 48.6 12.4-86.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 14.4 1.8-61.0 1 37.1 6.2-84.1
Female 21 9 39.4 19.9-63.1 3 20.1 6.6-47.6 0 0.0 . - . 9 40.4 20.6-64.0
RACE
White 19 10 52.5 28.9-75.0 1 5.7 0.8-31.4 1 7.3 1.0-37.4 7 34.6 15.7-59.9
Other 7 2 24.7 5.2-66.3 2 27.6 6.0-69.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 47.7 13.6-84.1
AGE
18-44 8 3 34.7 9.6-72.7 1 9.5 1.2-47.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 55.8 20.4-86.1
45+ 18 9 47.4 24.6-71.4 2 16.4 4.1-47.7 1 7.7 1.1-38.9 6 28.5 11.9-53.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 8 6 58.8 19.8-89.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.5 1.5-52.7 1 29.7 4.8-77.9
Some College + 17 6 32.5 13.9-59.0 3 23.8 7.8-53.5 0 0.0 . - . 8 43.7 21.4-69.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 15 7 46.7 22.5-72.6 1 6.6 0.9-35.5 1 8.5 1.2-41.8 6 38.1 16.6-65.6
$50,000+ 6 2 22.3 4.7-62.3 2 54.1 17.4-86.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 23.6 5.0-64.2

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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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