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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

Asthma

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,166 312 27.6 24.0-31.4 109 8.5 6.6-10.7 247 18.8 16.1-21.9 498 45.1 41.1-49.2
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 47 11 17.1 8.1-32.7 4 6.4 2.1-18.1 11 16.1 6.8-33.5 21 60.3 40.2-77.5
GENDER
Male 13 2 7.5 1.4-30.9 1 4.1 0.5-26.8 1 7.1 0.9-39.1 9 81.3 51.4-94.7
Female 34 9 25.4 11.7-46.6 3 8.4 2.3-26.5 10 23.9 10.0-47.2 12 42.3 22.2-65.4
RACE
White 29 9 24.9 11.3-46.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 15.5 4.4-42.4 15 59.6 36.8-78.9
Other 18 2 7.9 1.6-31.7 4 14.0 3.9-39.9 6 16.9 5.0-43.8 6 61.2 28.3-86.3
AGE
18-44 17 4 15.2 4.8-38.8 2 3.7 0.6-19.1 2 9.2 1.5-40.7 9 71.8 43.8-89.3
45+ 30 7 20.6 9.1-40.1 2 11.3 2.9-35.2 9 28.4 13.6-50.2 12 39.7 22.2-60.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 5 8.4 2.7-23.2 3 6.1 1.6-21.2 6 11.1 3.8-28.5 16 74.4 52.3-88.5
Some College + 17 6 37.5 15.6-66.0 1 7.1 1.0-37.4 5 27.9 8.4-62.2 5 27.4 10.0-56.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 36 9 25.8 12.6-45.8 3 7.5 2.1-23.9 9 16.6 7.3-33.6 15 50.0 30.5-69.5
$50,000+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 58.3 10.8-94.2 2 41.7 5.8-89.2

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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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