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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 26 6 21.4 8.4-44.9 1 4.0 0.6-24.0 7 20.9 8.9-41.7 12 53.6 32.3-73.7
GENDER
Male 9 1 18.4 2.7-64.8 1 8.5 1.1-43.0 3 24.4 6.9-58.6 4 48.7 18.8-79.5
Female 17 5 24.1 9.2-50.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 17.7 5.4-44.8 8 58.2 31.9-80.5
RACE
White 15 5 23.9 8.9-50.1 1 7.7 1.1-39.2 4 18.5 5.7-46.0 5 50.0 23.9-76.1
Other 11 1 18.7 2.8-65.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 23.6 6.6-57.6 7 57.7 25.1-84.7
AGE
18-44 5 3 50.3 12.4-87.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 49.7 12.1-87.6
45+ 21 3 15.3 3.8-45.4 1 4.9 0.7-28.1 7 25.3 10.7-49.0 10 54.5 30.7-76.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 12 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 21.8 6.2-54.0 9 78.2 46.0-93.8
Some College + 14 6 43.8 18.2-73.2 1 8.3 1.1-41.6 4 19.9 6.1-49.0 3 28.0 8.6-61.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 17 5 30.5 11.0-60.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 30.8 12.1-58.9 7 38.8 17.5-65.4
$50,000+ 5 1 14.7 1.8-61.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.0 0.7-36.8 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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