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

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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  Total
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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 44 10 24.3 11.5-44.1 0 0.0 . - . 16 19.4 9.8-35.0 18 56.3 35.2-75.3
GENDER
Male 13 4 21.8 6.4-53.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.8 1.0-28.0 7 72.3 40.1-91.1
Female 31 6 26.5 10.5-52.5 0 0.0 . - . 14 32.0 16.2-53.4 11 41.5 20.8-65.8
RACE
White 27 5 26.2 10.3-52.4 0 0.0 . - . 10 27.0 12.6-48.7 12 46.8 25.2-69.8
Other 17 5 22.0 6.5-53.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 10.4 3.2-29.0 6 67.6 34.7-89.1
AGE
18-44 17 5 22.5 7.7-50.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 11.1 3.0-33.4 8 66.4 37.9-86.5
45+ 27 5 27.8 11.5-53.4 0 0.0 . - . 12 36.1 19.3-57.2 10 36.1 18.8-58.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 29 5 13.9 4.8-34.1 0 0.0 . - . 9 12.2 4.9-27.3 15 73.9 51.6-88.3
Some College + 15 5 51.1 23.2-78.4 0 0.0 . - . 7 38.2 15.3-68.0 3 10.7 3.0-31.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 35 7 23.5 10.6-44.3 0 0.0 . - . 14 29.0 15.1-48.5 14 47.5 27.9-67.9
$50,000+ 3 2 86.4 35.5-98.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.6 1.3-64.5

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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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