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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, besides emergency room visits, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

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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 1,186 154 13.8 11.0-17.3 95 9.1 6.8-11.9 145 11.5 9.3-14.0 792 65.6 61.6-69.4
-Onslow County 24 3 11.1 3.5-30.1 5 27.8 11.9-52.1 2 8.9 2.1-30.9 14 52.2 30.7-72.8
GENDER
Male 5 0 0.0 . - . 1 25.6 3.6-75.7 1 26.4 3.8-76.5 3 48.0 13.3-84.8
Female 19 3 14.2 4.4-37.2 4 28.4 10.8-56.4 1 4.1 0.6-24.5 11 53.3 29.0-76.2
RACE
White 22 3 11.7 3.7-31.4 5 29.1 12.5-54.1 2 9.4 2.2-32.1 12 49.9 28.2-71.6
Other 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 13 3 17.3 5.2-44.1 4 36.5 14.1-66.9 1 4.9 0.7-28.9 5 41.3 16.7-71.2
45+ 10 0 0.0 . - . 1 12.4 1.7-53.1 1 16.9 2.5-61.9 8 70.7 33.1-92.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 10 1 8.6 1.2-43.0 3 40.3 14.4-73.1 1 14.4 2.1-57.4 5 36.7 14.0-67.4
Some College + 14 2 12.8 3.0-40.8 2 19.4 4.6-54.5 1 5.3 0.7-30.6 9 62.5 32.9-85.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 2 10.6 2.5-35.1 4 29.5 11.1-58.4 2 12.3 2.9-40.0 8 47.5 23.1-73.2
$50,000+ 6 1 14.4 1.9-59.4 1 26.5 4.0-75.6 0 0.0 . - . 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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