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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 29 9 33.8 17.5-55.2 12 36.7 20.0-57.3 3 10.9 3.3-30.6 2 4.1 1.0-15.9 3 14.6 3.6-43.5
GENDER
Male 3 1 47.2 7.3-91.1 1 33.8 4.1-85.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 19.0 2.1-72.5
Female 26 8 32.0 15.5-54.6 11 37.0 19.4-59.0 3 12.3 3.7-34.0 2 4.7 1.1-17.9 2 14.0 2.8-47.8
RACE
White 24 6 28.1 12.4-51.9 11 45.0 25.0-66.7 3 15.2 4.7-39.6 2 5.8 1.4-21.3 2 6.0 1.4-21.6
Other 5 3 48.2 12.1-86.3 1 15.6 1.9-63.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 36.2 5.9-83.8
AGE
18-44 12 4 34.9 12.9-66.0 5 40.7 16.3-70.7 2 19.9 5.0-54.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.4 0.6-26.8
45+ 17 5 32.8 12.7-62.1 7 33.3 14.2-60.1 1 3.3 0.4-21.0 2 7.6 1.7-27.7 2 23.0 5.0-63.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 5 1 30.1 4.4-80.3 2 34.5 6.8-79.2 2 35.4 7.1-79.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 24 8 34.7 16.9-58.1 10 37.2 18.9-60.0 1 5.0 0.7-28.5 2 5.1 1.2-19.4 3 18.0 4.6-50.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 15 2 18.5 4.6-51.7 8 44.9 20.0-72.7 1 3.5 0.5-22.2 1 4.8 0.6-28.3 3 28.3 7.6-65.6
$50,000+ 9 4 41.6 14.1-75.5 3 37.5 11.5-73.5 1 15.7 2.2-60.7 1 5.2 0.7-31.1 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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