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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for a routine checkup for 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 1,171 307 27.3 23.9-31.1 136 11.6 9.0-14.7 220 16.3 13.8-19.2 508 44.8 40.9-48.8
-Pitt County 26 4 12.4 4.2-31.7 2 7.7 1.9-26.4 11 34.8 17.8-56.9 9 45.1 24.8-67.2
GENDER
Male 9 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.5 1.1-43.0 3 23.5 6.6-57.3 5 68.1 34.9-89.4
Female 17 4 23.8 8.1-52.5 1 6.9 1.0-36.5 8 45.1 20.9-71.8 4 24.2 7.7-54.7
RACE
White 15 3 13.4 3.9-37.3 2 14.5 3.6-43.9 7 40.5 17.2-69.0 3 31.6 11.0-63.4
Other 11 1 11.4 1.6-51.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 28.4 9.2-60.8 6 60.2 28.3-85.3
AGE
18-44 5 2 29.5 5.8-74.1 1 20.8 2.7-71.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 49.7 12.1-87.6
45+ 21 2 8.8 1.9-32.9 1 4.9 0.7-28.1 11 42.1 21.4-66.1 7 44.1 22.0-68.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 12 2 14.3 3.0-47.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 41.5 16.2-72.2 5 44.3 17.7-74.6
Some College + 14 2 10.5 2.3-36.8 2 15.7 3.8-46.6 6 27.8 10.4-56.2 4 46.0 19.3-75.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 17 4 21.3 7.2-48.7 0 0.0 . - . 7 36.6 16.1-63.4 6 42.1 18.8-69.6
$50,000+ 5 0 0.0 . - . 1 14.7 1.8-61.8 2 37.7 7.3-82.4 2 47.5 11.6-86.2

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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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