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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson County

Asthma

During the past 12 months, how many times did you visit an emergency room or urgent care center because of your asthma?*

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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 1,164 59 5.0 3.4- 7.3 30 3.1 1.9- 5.0 164 15.5 12.7-18.8 911 76.4 72.7-79.8
-Robeson County 38 5 13.6 5.4-30.3 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 8 20.5 9.8-38.0 24 64.8 46.8-79.4
GENDER
Male 11 1 11.4 1.6-50.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 35.2 12.8-66.8 6 53.4 24.4-80.2
Female 27 4 15.0 5.4-35.3 1 1.8 0.2-12.0 4 11.2 4.0-27.6 18 72.0 51.8-86.0
RACE
White 17 3 24.3 8.0-54.3 1 2.7 0.4-17.6 2 7.9 1.8-29.1 11 65.1 38.1-84.9
Other 21 2 6.3 1.4-23.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 29.1 12.6-53.9 13 64.7 40.6-83.1
AGE
18-44 11 2 17.0 3.4-53.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 20.9 4.9-57.8 7 62.1 29.4-86.6
45+ 27 3 11.9 3.8-31.7 1 1.7 0.2-11.2 6 20.3 8.5-40.9 17 66.2 45.3-82.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 20 1 4.2 0.6-25.1 1 2.0 0.3-13.6 7 33.4 15.2-58.3 11 60.4 36.3-80.3
Some College + 18 4 24.8 8.8-52.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.1 0.7-29.3 13 70.1 42.9-88.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 29 5 17.3 6.8-37.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6 7 23.0 10.3-43.8 16 58.3 37.9-76.2
$50,000+ 6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.7 2.2-63.5 5 83.3 36.5-97.8

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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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