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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson County

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
-Robeson County 38 7 16.5 7.3-33.2 3 9.8 3.1-27.3 8 20.1 9.3-38.1 20 53.5 36.0-70.3
GENDER
Male 10 1 12.7 1.8-53.9 1 12.4 1.7-53.1 3 33.1 10.6-67.4 5 41.8 16.4-72.5
Female 28 6 18.7 7.9-38.2 2 8.4 2.0-28.8 5 12.8 5.0-29.2 15 60.1 39.7-77.5
RACE
White 16 2 11.2 2.5-38.3 2 19.2 4.9-52.0 3 13.4 4.0-36.8 9 56.2 30.1-79.2
Other 22 5 20.1 7.5-43.8 1 3.5 0.5-21.7 5 24.6 9.4-50.5 11 51.8 29.3-73.6
AGE
18-44 10 3 23.6 5.9-60.2 1 10.9 1.5-50.0 0 0.0 . - . 6 65.6 31.1-88.9
45+ 28 4 13.5 4.8-32.6 2 9.4 2.2-32.3 8 28.7 13.7-50.7 14 48.4 29.1-68.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 19 3 18.0 5.5-45.2 1 8.4 1.2-41.1 8 38.1 18.0-63.2 7 35.5 16.4-60.8
Some College + 19 4 14.9 4.9-37.2 2 11.4 2.7-37.1 0 0.0 . - . 13 73.7 49.1-89.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 30 6 18.8 7.9-38.6 2 8.1 1.9-28.9 7 23.5 10.5-44.5 15 49.6 30.4-68.9
$50,000+ 6 1 9.2 1.2-46.7 1 23.9 3.5-73.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 66.9 24.9-92.5

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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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