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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^
None 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%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,155 339 30.4 26.9-34.0 224 19.0 16.1-22.2 228 20.6 17.3-24.2 109 8.5 6.8-10.7 255 21.5 18.1-25.4
-Pitt County 25 5 25.6 10.0-51.7 1 4.2 0.6-25.0 9 41.8 21.8-64.9 4 11.5 3.8-30.3 6 16.8 6.9-35.3
GENDER
Male 8 1 20.6 3.0-68.3 1 9.4 1.2-46.4 3 43.9 14.5-78.3 2 15.9 3.2-52.1 1 10.2 1.3-48.7
Female 17 4 29.8 10.4-60.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 40.2 17.2-68.5 2 7.9 1.8-29.1 5 22.2 8.4-46.8
RACE
White 15 1 12.6 1.8-52.9 1 7.7 1.1-39.2 7 49.5 23.5-75.7 2 12.9 2.8-43.7 4 17.3 5.8-41.5
Other 10 4 41.9 14.0-76.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 32.3 8.3-71.5 2 9.8 2.0-36.0 2 16.1 3.5-50.3
AGE
18-44 5 2 49.7 12.1-87.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 31.2 6.2-75.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 19.2 2.4-69.5
45+ 20 3 20.2 5.8-51.1 1 5.2 0.7-29.5 7 44.2 21.6-69.5 4 14.1 4.5-36.1 5 16.2 6.0-37.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 11 3 34.0 10.2-70.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 38.2 12.9-72.0 1 5.8 0.8-33.2 4 22.0 6.9-52.0
Some College + 14 2 17.7 3.7-54.5 1 8.3 1.1-41.6 6 45.3 19.1-74.4 3 16.9 4.4-47.2 2 11.8 2.7-38.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 3 16.6 4.5-45.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 40.9 17.0-70.1 3 15.4 4.1-43.8 5 27.0 10.5-54.0
$50,000+ 5 1 27.2 3.8-77.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 72.8 22.1-96.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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