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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you visit an emergency room or urgent care center because of 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 1,164 59 5.0 3.4- 7.3 30 3.1 1.9- 5.0 164 15.5 12.7-18.8 911 76.4 72.7-79.8
-Pitt County 25 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 15.2 5.7-34.7 20 84.8 65.3-94.3
GENDER
Male 9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.5 1.4-48.9 8 89.5 51.1-98.6
Female 16 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 20.1 6.9-46.1 12 79.9 53.9-93.1
RACE
White 14 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 30.7 11.6-59.9 9 69.3 40.1-88.4
Other 11 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 11 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 31.0 4.3-81.7 3 69.0 18.3-95.7
45+ 21 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 13.1 4.2-34.0 17 86.9 66.0-95.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 12 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.6 1.5-25.2 10 93.4 74.8-98.5
Some College + 13 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 25.5 7.7-58.3 10 74.5 41.7-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 17 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 21.7 7.5-48.6 13 78.3 51.4-92.5
$50,000+ 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .

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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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