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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 26 8 35.1 17.4-58.1 4 6.2 2.2-16.4 1 3.3 0.5-20.6 13 55.4 33.8-75.1
GENDER
Male 9 5 51.7 20.7-81.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 48.3 18.5-79.3
Female 17 3 19.9 6.0-49.1 4 11.9 4.0-30.1 1 6.4 0.9-34.6 9 61.8 35.2-82.8
RACE
White 15 6 40.5 17.7-68.4 3 9.0 2.6-26.6 1 6.3 0.9-34.4 5 44.1 19.2-72.4
Other 11 2 29.0 7.4-67.6 1 3.1 0.4-20.3 0 0.0 . - . 8 68.0 31.2-90.8
AGE
18-44 5 1 20.8 2.7-71.5 1 10.4 1.2-52.0 1 19.2 2.4-69.5 2 49.7 12.1-87.6
45+ 21 7 38.1 17.9-63.4 3 5.3 1.6-16.4 0 0.0 . - . 11 56.6 32.4-78.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 12 2 13.3 2.8-44.8 1 2.9 0.4-19.1 0 0.0 . - . 9 83.9 54.1-95.8
Some College + 14 6 57.9 29.2-82.1 3 9.7 2.8-28.6 1 6.8 0.9-36.7 4 25.6 7.9-57.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 17 6 47.0 22.5-73.0 2 5.6 1.3-21.1 1 5.7 0.8-32.0 8 41.7 19.5-68.0
$50,000+ 5 1 14.7 1.8-61.8 1 6.0 0.7-36.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 79.3 36.5-96.2

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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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