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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, besides emergency room visits, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Once Twice Three or more times None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,186 154 13.8 11.0-17.3 95 9.1 6.8-11.9 145 11.5 9.3-14.0 792 65.6 61.6-69.4
-Robeson County 40 5 10.5 4.2-23.9 4 11.7 3.8-30.7 6 13.7 5.7-29.2 25 64.1 46.6-78.6
GENDER
Male 11 1 5.7 0.8-32.4 2 25.8 6.8-62.4 2 18.2 4.2-52.9 6 50.3 22.3-78.1
Female 29 4 13.2 4.7-31.9 2 3.7 0.9-14.3 4 11.2 4.0-27.7 19 72.0 52.7-85.5
RACE
White 18 2 13.1 3.3-40.3 3 15.4 4.1-43.8 2 7.2 1.6-26.7 11 64.3 38.6-83.8
Other 22 3 8.6 2.6-24.9 1 9.0 1.3-42.7 4 18.4 6.5-42.2 14 64.0 40.1-82.6
AGE
18-44 11 2 12.0 2.6-41.3 1 13.1 1.8-54.9 3 28.6 8.7-62.9 5 46.3 18.2-77.0
45+ 29 3 9.8 3.1-27.2 3 11.1 2.7-35.3 3 6.9 2.1-20.4 20 72.3 51.6-86.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 21 3 11.5 3.6-31.4 2 11.4 2.2-42.3 4 16.6 5.4-40.7 12 60.5 36.8-80.2
Some College + 19 2 9.2 2.0-33.6 2 12.0 2.6-41.6 2 10.2 2.5-33.5 13 68.5 42.6-86.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 31 5 13.1 5.2-29.3 4 14.6 4.8-36.8 4 11.3 3.7-29.8 18 61.0 41.1-77.8
$50,000+ 6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 35.1 8.8-75.3 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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