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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 146 6 3.2 1.2- 7.8 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 20 18.7 11.1-29.6 118 77.5 66.8-85.5
GENDER
Male 42 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 3 10.7 3.0-31.5 38 88.0 68.1-96.2
Female 104 6 4.8 1.9-11.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 17 22.8 13.0-36.9 80 72.0 58.5-82.5
RACE
White 126 5 3.6 1.4- 9.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 13 13.7 7.6-23.6 107 82.2 72.2-89.1
African American 11 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 40.0 14.3-72.8 7 60.0 27.2-85.7
Other Minorities 9 1 1.0 0.1- 8.8 1 3.9 0.4-27.9 3 56.7 14.8-90.8 4 38.5 8.2-81.4
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 141 6 3.2 1.3- 8.0 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 19 18.9 11.2-30.1 114 77.2 66.2-85.3
AGE
18-24 6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 43.6 10.2-83.9 4 56.4 16.1-89.8
25-34 22 3 7.0 1.7-24.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 9.6 2.4-31.2 16 83.4 62.0-93.9
35-44 22 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 29.2 11.7-56.2 17 70.8 43.8-88.3
45-54 27 3 10.9 3.1-32.4 1 1.6 0.2-11.0 5 26.5 10.1-53.5 18 61.0 37.3-80.4
55-64 29 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.2 1.5-28.5 27 92.8 71.5-98.5
65-74 19 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.0 0.7-28.6 0 0.0 . - . 18 95.0 71.4-99.3
75+ 20 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 13.8 3.7-40.2 17 86.2 59.8-96.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 32 2 3.2 0.7-13.3 2 2.8 0.6-11.6 6 37.0 16.7-63.4 22 57.0 32.9-78.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 45 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 19.5 9.4-36.3 36 80.5 63.7-90.6
Some Post-H.S. 35 1 3.8 0.5-22.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 17.9 6.5-40.7 29 78.3 56.2-91.0
College Graduate 33 3 6.3 1.5-22.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 30 93.7 77.6-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 28 3 11.1 3.0-33.5 1 2.8 0.4-18.1 8 47.2 22.4-73.4 16 39.0 19.3-63.0
$15,000- 24,999 45 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 5 16.5 6.4-36.3 38 82.6 63.1-92.9
$25,000- 34,999 18 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 13.0 3.3-39.3 15 87.0 60.7-96.7
$35,000- 49,999 13 1 10.8 1.5-48.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 12 89.2 51.3-98.5
$50,000-74,999 12 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 23.5 5.1-63.7 10 76.5 36.3-94.9
$75,000+ 11 1 7.9 1.1-40.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 10 92.1 59.7-98.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 85 4 3.4 1.0-10.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 13 19.7 10.8-33.0 67 76.2 62.9-85.8
No 58 2 3.1 0.7-12.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 6 17.6 6.7-39.1 49 78.7 58.7-90.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 15 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.9 0.4-19.1 14 97.1 80.9-99.6
Non-Veteran 131 6 3.5 1.4- 8.7 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 19 20.6 12.3-32.6 104 75.0 63.4-83.9

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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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