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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-7 Days 8-30 days More than 30 Days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,123 190 18.8 15.4-22.7 107 8.7 6.8-11.0 71 5.1 3.8- 6.6 755 67.5 63.5-71.3
-Robeson County 33 5 20.2 8.5-40.7 4 10.0 3.7-24.4 3 6.4 1.8-20.8 21 63.3 44.3-78.9
GENDER
Male 9 2 29.1 7.7-66.9 2 14.6 3.4-45.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 56.3 24.4-83.8
Female 24 3 15.0 4.9-37.9 2 7.4 1.8-25.7 3 10.2 2.8-30.8 16 67.4 45.4-83.7
RACE
White 15 1 10.9 1.6-48.5 1 5.3 0.7-30.0 2 10.6 2.2-38.3 11 73.2 43.8-90.6
Other 18 4 28.7 11.1-56.6 3 14.4 4.5-37.4 1 2.6 0.4-16.9 10 54.3 30.1-76.6
AGE
18-44 10 3 43.7 16.0-76.0 1 8.8 1.2-43.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 47.5 19.3-77.4
45+ 23 2 9.4 2.3-31.5 3 10.6 3.3-29.0 3 9.4 2.6-29.0 15 70.6 48.8-85.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 15 2 18.4 4.7-51.1 3 14.3 4.4-37.7 2 5.2 1.2-19.9 8 62.0 35.1-83.1
Some College + 18 3 22.0 7.1-51.1 1 5.6 0.8-31.2 1 7.7 1.1-38.7 13 64.7 38.1-84.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 26 4 21.9 8.4-46.1 3 9.3 2.9-25.8 3 8.2 2.2-25.9 16 60.6 39.2-78.6
$50,000+ 6 1 18.4 2.5-66.3 1 16.7 2.2-63.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 64.9 24.7-91.2

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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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