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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^
None Less than once a week Once or twice a week > Twice a week not every day Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,155 339 30.4 26.9-34.0 224 19.0 16.1-22.2 228 20.6 17.3-24.2 109 8.5 6.8-10.7 255 21.5 18.1-25.4
-Onslow County 25 11 44.9 24.9-66.6 1 4.2 0.6-24.5 4 15.2 4.9-38.6 4 15.4 5.4-36.5 5 20.4 8.2-42.3
GENDER
Male 5 2 31.7 7.1-73.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 68.3 26.1-92.9
Female 20 9 48.4 25.4-72.2 1 5.3 0.7-29.9 4 19.4 6.2-46.6 4 19.6 6.9-44.5 2 7.3 1.7-27.2
RACE
White 23 10 43.8 23.5-66.5 1 4.4 0.6-25.5 3 14.4 4.1-39.5 4 16.1 5.7-38.0 5 21.3 8.6-44.0
Other 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 13 5 40.0 15.8-70.3 1 6.6 0.9-35.6 2 18.6 4.5-52.8 3 20.1 6.0-50.0 2 14.7 3.5-44.9
45+ 11 6 55.4 26.1-81.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.6 0.7-32.0 1 7.5 1.0-39.1 3 31.5 10.1-65.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 11 5 42.0 17.3-71.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.8 0.6-28.5 2 21.5 5.0-58.8 3 31.7 10.1-65.8
Some College + 14 6 46.9 20.5-75.1 1 7.1 1.0-37.5 3 22.6 6.3-55.8 2 11.1 2.6-36.7 2 12.4 2.9-39.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 17 7 42.4 19.5-69.1 1 5.7 0.8-31.7 3 18.8 5.4-48.4 2 7.9 1.9-27.9 4 25.2 9.3-52.5
$50,000+ 6 4 59.1 20.0-89.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 40.9 10.7-80.0 0 0.0 . - .

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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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