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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 32 5 13.5 5.1-31.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 27 86.5 68.9-94.9
GENDER
Male 3 1 33.8 4.1-85.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 66.2 14.2-95.9
Female 29 4 11.0 3.6-29.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 25 89.0 71.0-96.4
RACE
White 27 5 18.3 7.1-39.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 22 81.7 60.3-92.9
Other 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 12 2 15.4 3.4-48.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 10 84.6 51.3-96.6
45+ 20 3 12.1 3.4-34.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 17 87.9 65.1-96.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 7 2 26.6 5.5-69.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 73.4 30.9-94.5
Some College + 25 3 9.5 2.8-28.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 22 90.5 72.0-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 3 10.2 3.0-29.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 13 89.8 70.5-97.0
$50,000+ 10 2 25.5 6.4-62.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 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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