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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 32 11 35.5 19.4-55.7 5 14.8 5.8-32.9 2 3.0 0.7-11.7 14 46.7 28.1-66.3
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 10 35.7 18.8-57.2 5 16.6 6.5-36.3 2 3.4 0.8-13.0 12 44.3 25.0-65.4
RACE
White 27 9 37.9 20.1-59.7 5 20.1 8.1-41.8 2 4.1 1.0-15.4 11 37.9 20.7-58.8
Other 5 2 28.9 5.6-73.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 71.1 26.3-94.4
AGE
18-44 12 6 59.2 30.1-83.1 2 15.4 3.4-48.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 25.3 8.3-55.9
45+ 20 5 18.0 6.6-40.7 3 14.3 4.3-38.6 2 5.2 1.2-19.7 10 62.4 37.9-81.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 7 2 43.1 12.3-80.5 3 41.0 12.0-78.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 15.8 3.4-50.1
Some College + 25 9 33.2 16.3-55.9 2 6.8 1.6-25.1 2 3.9 0.9-15.0 12 56.1 34.1-75.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 3 20.2 6.0-50.2 3 13.6 3.9-38.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 66.2 38.1-86.2
$50,000+ 10 6 55.1 23.5-83.0 2 24.4 6.1-61.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 20.5 4.3-59.8

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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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