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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 24 0 0.0 . - . 4 12.8 4.6-30.6 6 28.7 12.8-52.5 14 58.5 36.4-77.6
GENDER
Male 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 52.0 15.2-86.7 3 48.0 13.3-84.8
Female 19 0 0.0 . - . 4 16.3 5.8-38.1 4 22.2 7.6-49.8 11 61.4 36.4-81.6
RACE
White 22 0 0.0 . - . 4 13.4 4.8-32.0 5 28.5 12.2-53.4 13 58.1 35.3-77.9
Other 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 13 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.6 4.7-41.0 4 33.2 12.4-63.7 6 51.1 24.0-77.6
45+ 10 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.9 1.1-40.8 1 16.9 2.5-61.9 8 75.1 36.8-94.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 10 0 0.0 . - . 2 15.3 3.6-46.7 2 28.3 7.6-65.5 6 56.4 25.4-83.1
Some College + 14 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.1 2.6-36.7 4 29.0 9.9-60.4 8 59.9 30.9-83.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 0 0.0 . - . 3 12.9 3.9-35.0 5 37.5 16.1-65.2 8 49.6 24.7-74.7
$50,000+ 6 0 0.0 . - . 1 14.4 1.9-59.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 85.6 40.6-98.1

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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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