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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson County

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
-Robeson County 40 8 20.3 9.9-37.0 1 4.4 0.6-25.2 19 43.6 27.8-60.8 12 31.7 17.5-50.4
GENDER
Male 10 2 18.7 4.3-54.1 1 12.7 1.8-53.9 4 38.2 13.8-70.5 3 30.3 9.6-64.1
Female 30 6 21.1 9.3-41.1 0 0.0 . - . 15 46.4 27.8-66.1 9 32.5 15.9-55.0
RACE
White 18 4 26.0 9.5-54.2 0 0.0 . - . 8 42.6 21.0-67.3 6 31.4 13.0-58.4
Other 22 4 16.1 5.8-37.3 1 7.6 1.1-38.4 11 44.4 23.6-67.3 6 32.0 13.8-57.9
AGE
18-44 11 3 25.0 7.6-57.6 1 13.9 2.0-56.6 3 15.4 4.2-43.1 4 45.6 17.5-76.8
45+ 29 5 18.1 7.1-39.0 0 0.0 . - . 16 56.6 36.4-74.8 8 25.4 11.8-46.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 21 5 23.2 9.1-47.7 1 8.1 1.1-39.9 10 49.4 27.3-71.7 5 19.3 7.2-42.6
Some College + 19 3 16.8 5.3-42.1 0 0.0 . - . 9 36.6 17.8-60.8 7 46.6 23.4-71.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 32 6 18.3 7.8-37.1 1 5.4 0.8-29.6 16 46.4 28.4-65.5 9 29.9 14.8-51.2
$50,000+ 6 2 40.5 10.8-79.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 42.8 12.6-79.5 1 16.7 2.2-63.5

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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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