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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 23 6 35.3 16.1-60.8 2 7.4 1.5-29.6 4 20.6 7.7-44.5 11 36.7 19.5-58.2
GENDER
Male 4 0 0.0 . - . 1 30.5 4.3-81.2 2 52.6 12.8-89.3 1 16.8 2.0-66.3
Female 19 6 43.6 20.7-69.5 1 2.0 0.3-13.3 2 13.1 3.1-41.1 10 41.4 20.8-65.4
RACE
White 21 6 37.1 17.0-62.9 1 6.1 0.8-32.8 4 21.6 8.1-46.3 10 35.2 18.0-57.4
Other 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 13 4 41.5 16.4-71.9 1 8.6 1.2-42.6 2 15.9 3.8-47.7 6 34.0 14.2-61.6
45+ 9 2 24.0 5.8-62.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 31.6 8.4-69.9 5 44.4 16.8-76.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 10 1 6.7 0.9-36.6 1 13.9 2.0-56.4 2 30.2 8.4-67.3 6 49.1 20.7-78.1
Some College + 13 5 55.6 27.1-80.9 1 2.7 0.4-18.1 2 13.7 3.2-42.8 5 27.9 10.3-56.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 15 4 38.8 15.3-69.0 1 8.1 1.1-40.6 3 19.6 6.1-47.8 7 33.5 14.6-59.7
$50,000+ 6 2 30.4 7.0-71.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 26.5 4.0-75.6 3 43.1 12.7-79.7

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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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