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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,166 312 27.6 24.0-31.4 109 8.5 6.6-10.7 247 18.8 16.1-21.9 498 45.1 41.1-49.2
-Pitt County 25 3 9.8 2.7-30.0 5 23.3 9.0-48.4 10 41.8 21.9-64.7 7 25.1 11.0-47.6
GENDER
Male 8 0 0.0 . - . 2 29.9 7.1-70.4 4 54.1 20.7-84.2 2 15.9 3.2-52.1
Female 17 3 17.8 4.9-47.4 3 17.9 5.2-46.4 6 31.6 11.9-61.3 5 32.7 12.7-61.8
RACE
White 15 1 2.8 0.4-18.2 2 11.1 2.4-38.4 6 44.6 19.8-72.4 6 41.5 18.0-69.6
Other 10 2 18.4 4.0-55.3 3 38.6 11.9-74.5 4 38.3 11.9-74.0 1 4.7 0.6-28.7
AGE
18-44 5 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.4 1.2-52.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 89.6 48.0-98.8
45+ 20 3 11.9 3.2-35.5 4 26.2 9.5-54.7 10 51.2 27.2-74.6 3 10.7 2.8-33.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 11 2 16.9 3.7-51.8 2 16.3 3.7-49.9 6 63.7 31.7-86.8 1 3.2 0.4-20.9
Some College + 14 1 3.0 0.4-19.6 3 30.0 8.8-65.4 4 21.1 6.5-50.4 6 45.9 19.8-74.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 2 14.6 3.3-46.0 3 28.9 8.9-62.9 7 33.8 14.2-61.2 4 22.7 7.7-50.8
$50,000+ 5 1 6.0 0.7-36.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 52.1 13.8-88.1 2 41.9 9.4-83.3

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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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