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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 31 8 24.2 11.6-43.7 2 11.3 2.1-42.5 2 7.8 1.9-27.1 19 56.7 36.3-75.0
GENDER
Male 3 2 52.8 8.9-92.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 47.2 7.3-91.1
Female 28 6 20.6 8.7-41.4 2 12.7 2.4-46.0 2 8.8 2.1-30.0 18 57.8 35.9-77.1
RACE
White 26 6 20.3 8.8-40.3 1 2.1 0.3-14.0 2 10.7 2.6-34.6 17 66.8 45.5-82.9
Other 5 2 34.8 7.5-78.0 1 36.2 5.9-83.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 28.9 5.6-73.7
AGE
18-44 12 3 18.6 5.3-48.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.0 1.5-49.3 8 70.4 39.4-89.7
45+ 19 5 28.4 11.2-55.5 2 19.8 4.0-59.7 1 5.5 0.7-30.8 11 46.3 23.0-71.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 7 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.6 0.8-37.6 1 20.0 2.8-68.3 5 73.4 30.9-94.5
Some College + 24 8 31.7 15.2-54.6 1 12.7 1.9-52.2 1 4.1 0.6-24.3 14 51.5 29.3-73.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 7 40.3 17.6-68.0 2 22.3 4.5-63.5 0 0.0 . - . 7 37.5 16.0-65.2
$50,000+ 10 1 11.4 1.6-51.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 14.1 2.0-57.2 8 74.5 37.1-93.6

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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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