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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how many days did you take a prescription asthma medication to prevent an asthma attack from occurring?*

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Respond.^
Less than once a week Once or twice a week > Twice a week not every day Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,183 240 21.5 18.4-25.0 36 3.4 2.1- 5.6 496 37.7 34.0-41.7 411 37.3 33.5-41.3
-Pitt County 25 3 11.7 3.6-31.7 0 0.0 . - . 17 66.7 43.9-83.6 5 21.7 8.6-44.9
GENDER
Male 8 2 19.6 4.5-55.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 68.7 33.0-90.7 1 11.7 1.6-52.5
Female 17 1 5.1 0.7-29.5 0 0.0 . - . 12 65.0 36.2-85.8 4 29.9 10.8-60.0
RACE
White 15 1 7.7 1.1-39.2 0 0.0 . - . 10 57.1 29.0-81.2 4 35.3 13.7-65.3
Other 10 2 16.7 3.7-51.1 0 0.0 . - . 7 78.6 45.6-94.2 1 4.7 0.6-28.7
AGE
18-44 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.4 1.2-52.0 4 89.6 48.0-98.8
45+ 20 3 14.3 4.4-37.7 0 0.0 . - . 16 79.3 54.3-92.5 1 6.4 0.9-34.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 11 2 15.3 3.4-47.6 0 0.0 . - . 9 84.7 52.4-96.6 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 14 1 8.3 1.1-41.6 0 0.0 . - . 8 49.5 22.2-77.1 5 42.2 17.3-71.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 1 8.2 1.1-41.0 0 0.0 . - . 12 72.5 43.4-90.1 3 19.3 5.7-48.4
$50,000+ 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 58.1 16.7-90.6 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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