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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-7 Days 8-30 days More than 30 Days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,123 190 18.8 15.4-22.7 107 8.7 6.8-11.0 71 5.1 3.8- 6.6 755 67.5 63.5-71.3
-Onslow County 23 3 17.9 5.7-44.3 2 9.8 2.4-32.5 3 11.1 3.1-32.7 15 61.1 37.9-80.2
GENDER
Male 4 0 0.0 . - . 1 30.5 4.3-81.2 1 31.6 4.5-81.8 2 37.9 7.9-81.4
Female 19 3 22.1 7.0-51.6 1 4.9 0.7-28.5 2 6.4 1.4-24.8 13 66.6 40.1-85.6
RACE
White 21 3 18.8 5.9-46.0 2 10.3 2.5-33.9 2 10.0 2.4-33.7 14 60.9 36.8-80.6
Other 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 13 3 26.8 8.4-59.3 2 14.7 3.5-44.9 1 5.3 0.7-30.7 7 53.2 25.5-79.1
45+ 9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 18.9 2.8-65.4 8 81.1 34.6-97.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 10 1 15.9 2.3-60.1 1 13.9 2.0-56.4 1 14.4 2.1-57.4 7 55.8 24.5-83.2
Some College + 13 2 19.4 4.4-55.8 1 6.9 0.9-36.9 2 8.8 1.9-33.2 8 64.9 33.9-87.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 15 2 15.9 3.6-48.9 2 13.7 3.3-42.5 1 8.4 1.2-41.5 10 62.1 33.7-84.1
$50,000+ 6 1 26.5 4.0-75.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 14.4 1.9-59.4 4 59.1 20.0-89.3

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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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