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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 144 27 26.1 16.9-37.9 12 5.4 2.9-10.1 42 25.5 17.6-35.6 63 42.9 33.0-53.5
GENDER
Male 41 9 24.3 11.4-44.5 4 7.5 2.6-19.9 8 18.0 7.4-37.6 20 50.1 31.8-68.5
Female 103 18 27.0 15.8-42.1 8 4.4 2.0- 9.5 34 29.2 19.3-41.6 43 39.4 28.3-51.6
RACE
White 123 22 21.9 13.4-33.8 10 5.5 2.8-10.7 35 26.7 17.8-37.9 56 45.9 35.0-57.2
African American 11 2 36.6 10.9-73.1 1 8.7 1.2-43.3 4 26.3 8.7-57.3 4 28.3 9.3-60.4
Other Minorities 10 3 63.5 22.8-91.1 1 0.9 0.1- 8.0 3 11.3 2.1-42.8 3 24.2 5.2-64.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 19.9 2.5-70.6 3 80.1 29.4-97.5
Non-Hispanic 140 27 26.4 17.2-38.3 12 5.5 2.9-10.3 41 25.6 17.6-35.8 60 42.5 32.5-53.1
AGE
18-24 6 3 63.0 21.6-91.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 24.2 3.4-74.5 2 12.8 2.6-45.0
25-34 23 7 29.7 12.9-54.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 5 16.1 5.8-37.5 10 53.9 30.3-75.8
35-44 21 3 24.9 8.3-54.7 3 10.0 3.0-28.5 6 24.4 8.4-53.4 9 40.7 20.3-65.0
45-54 28 6 25.8 10.0-52.1 2 3.4 0.8-13.4 9 27.8 13.3-49.1 11 43.0 23.6-64.8
55-64 27 4 7.7 2.3-23.1 3 11.3 3.4-31.6 8 34.2 16.9-57.1 12 46.7 26.7-67.9
65-74 19 4 27.7 10.8-54.6 2 14.3 3.3-45.3 4 18.8 6.9-41.9 9 39.2 19.2-63.6
75+ 19 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.0 0.4-19.1 9 40.5 18.8-66.7 9 56.5 30.7-79.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 30 6 36.6 15.3-64.9 4 9.6 3.0-26.4 12 31.3 14.3-55.4 8 22.5 8.9-46.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 44 9 19.3 8.8-37.1 3 3.6 1.1-11.3 15 23.5 12.6-39.5 17 53.6 35.6-70.7
Some Post-H.S. 36 7 23.3 10.2-44.8 2 4.1 0.9-16.4 9 31.3 14.5-54.9 18 41.3 24.2-60.8
College Graduate 33 5 27.4 10.5-54.9 3 5.2 1.4-18.2 5 15.5 6.1-34.2 20 51.8 31.0-72.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 25 3 35.2 10.1-72.5 5 15.0 5.1-36.5 13 39.6 17.8-66.6 4 10.1 3.3-27.1
$15,000- 24,999 45 11 29.9 14.3-52.1 4 5.6 1.7-17.3 12 17.3 8.6-31.8 18 47.2 29.0-66.1
$25,000- 34,999 18 4 35.6 14.3-64.6 1 2.5 0.3-16.3 4 17.2 5.5-42.7 9 44.8 21.7-70.3
$35,000- 49,999 14 3 31.6 10.9-63.5 1 8.1 1.1-40.9 2 20.5 4.9-56.6 8 39.7 17.4-67.4
$50,000-74,999 13 4 26.7 8.0-60.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 33.2 8.9-71.7 6 40.1 14.8-72.0
$75,000+ 11 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.9 1.4-46.4 2 13.8 3.3-43.2 8 76.3 45.2-92.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 82 16 30.2 17.7-46.4 8 6.5 2.8-14.1 29 30.7 19.9-44.1 29 32.7 21.7-45.9
No 59 11 22.7 10.9-41.6 4 4.6 1.6-12.2 12 20.4 9.9-37.5 32 52.3 35.9-68.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 15 2 6.3 1.2-28.1 2 13.8 3.2-43.4 5 40.2 14.9-72.0 6 39.7 15.9-69.6
Non-Veteran 129 25 28.6 18.5-41.3 10 4.4 2.2- 8.6 37 23.7 15.8-33.9 57 43.4 32.8-54.5

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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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