BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Adult Asthma History

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	Total Respond.^	1-4	5-14	15 or more times	Never
North Carolina	1,115	290	25.6	22.1-29.3	100	9.8	7.5-12.5	205	16.4	13.9-19.3	520	48.3	44.2-52.4
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	27	3	12.0	3.8-32.1	3	10.2	2.8-30.8	6	16.0	6.7-33.5	15	61.9	41.1-79.1
Buncombe	34	8	18.2	8.4-34.8	2	5.8	1.4-20.9	6	17.1	6.3-38.6	18	59.0	39.8-75.8
Cabarrus	24	9	32.8	15.4-56.7	1	2.4	0.3-15.7	2	4.7	1.1-17.7	12	60.1	37.0-79.5
Catawba	14	5	20.5	6.6-48.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.6	0.7-33.1	8	73.8	43.8-91.1
Cumberland	44	10	24.0	11.3-43.9	3	7.6	2.2-23.3	9	11.1	4.6-24.5	22	57.3	35.5-76.6
Davidson	28	8	24.5	11.1-45.9	6	15.6	6.1-34.5	4	17.6	6.2-41.0	10	42.2	22.4-65.0
Durham	22	5	30.9	12.9-57.4	3	9.6	3.0-26.8	1	9.2	1.3-43.3	13	50.3	28.2-72.3
Forsyth	24	5	22.0	8.2-47.0	5	31.6	12.7-59.4	2	7.8	1.6-30.7	12	38.5	19.3-62.1
Gaston	29	8	19.3	7.6-41.1	4	10.6	3.5-28.0	5	18.1	5.9-43.7	12	52.0	27.9-75.2
Guilford	31	13	42.9	22.8-65.6	2	5.3	1.2-21.0	3	9.4	2.3-31.0	13	42.4	23.3-64.1
Iredell	28	8	25.6	10.9-49.2	4	29.8	8.3-66.5	3	10.1	2.3-34.7	13	34.5	16.3-58.7
Johnston	37	9	21.4	10.1-39.8	3	7.3	2.1-22.8	5	17.3	5.5-42.7	20	54.0	33.7-73.1
Mecklenburg	47	8	18.4	9.0-33.9	3	6.6	2.0-19.3	12	22.5	12.6-36.9	24	52.5	37.3-67.2
New Hanover	28	4	11.3	3.8-28.9	2	4.6	1.0-18.0	8	33.0	16.4-55.4	14	51.1	30.7-71.2
Onslow	25	1	2.2	0.3-14.5	3	14.3	4.1-39.2	7	19.3	8.5-38.0	14	64.2	41.6-81.9
Orange	22	6	21.4	8.8-43.6	1	12.7	1.9-52.2	2	4.8	1.1-18.4	13	61.2	35.9-81.6
Pitt	37	14	41.6	24.3-61.3	2	4.0	1.0-15.0	7	16.5	7.0-34.1	14	38.0	20.9-58.7
Randolph	28	5	32.7	12.1-63.2	2	3.7	0.7-16.4	5	14.7	5.1-35.6	16	49.0	25.2-73.2
Robeson	35	12	27.7	14.7-45.8	2	6.2	1.4-22.9	7	22.3	10.3-41.7	14	43.9	25.8-63.7
Rowan	26	6	16.1	6.4-35.0	1	2.1	0.3-14.1	6	19.0	7.2-41.7	13	62.8	39.9-81.1
Union	26	6	14.3	5.6-32.1	2	6.1	1.4-23.1	2	7.0	1.7-24.7	16	72.6	52.3-86.5
Wake	42	12	21.5	11.7-36.3	3	8.7	1.9-32.4	10	27.7	14.3-46.6	17	42.1	26.5-59.5
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	29	8	28.9	12.9-52.8	3	9.5	2.7-28.3	3	7.9	2.1-25.2	15	53.7	30.6-75.4
Northeast Partnership II***	42	11	21.0	11.0-36.4	6	27.0	11.7-50.9	11	20.6	10.9-35.7	14	31.3	17.7-49.2
Northeast Partnership I***	38	8	21.0	9.6-40.0	3	7.9	2.2-25.1	12	30.1	14.7-51.7	15	41.0	22.5-62.5
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	29	5	13.9	5.2-32.1	2	3.5	0.8-13.5	6	18.1	6.4-41.7	16	64.6	42.4-81.9
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	39	9	17.6	8.4-33.1	3	5.0	1.4-15.8	11	22.1	11.1-39.2	16	55.4	35.9-73.4
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	41	10	33.2	16.5-55.5	3	6.6	2.0-19.9	5	8.9	3.4-21.3	23	51.4	33.1-69.3
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	36	11	52.7	28.2-75.9	1	0.8	0.1- 5.7	4	9.2	3.0-24.8	20	37.3	18.1-61.6
Chatham/Lee/Moore	31	12	34.9	19.4-54.4	1	3.6	0.5-21.7	7	20.1	9.4-38.1	11	41.3	23.5-61.7
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	33	12	27.5	12.7-49.8	6	28.6	10.5-57.8	6	12.3	4.6-28.9	9	31.6	15.4-54.1
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	28	8	31.2	14.8-54.2	2	12.6	2.8-42.1	3	6.2	1.8-18.7	15	50.1	29.7-70.4
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	23	5	16.3	6.1-36.7	2	14.6	2.9-49.8	6	28.4	12.3-52.8	10	40.7	20.9-64.2
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	40	12	23.1	12.1-39.7	4	7.0	2.5-18.3	6	12.2	4.6-28.4	18	57.7	39.1-74.5
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	48	14	26.9	12.9-47.8	7	14.4	5.0-35.0	12	26.6	14.1-44.4	15	32.2	18.4-49.9
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	88	22	24.8	15.4-37.3	9	15.8	7.4-30.6	24	24.2	15.1-36.5	33	35.2	23.9-48.4
No	1,027	268	25.6	22.0-29.6	91	9.3	7.1-12.2	181	15.8	13.2-18.9	487	49.2	45.0-53.5
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	420	107	24.2	19.2-30.0	35	8.9	5.9-13.1	90	17.5	13.6-22.2	188	49.4	42.6-56.3
Piedmont	570	151	27.3	22.3-32.9	53	10.1	7.0-14.4	88	14.7	11.3-18.9	278	47.9	42.3-53.6
Western NC	125	32	22.1	14.0-33.1	12	10.3	4.9-20.4	27	20.4	13.2-30.2	54	47.1	36.1-58.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	82	22	23.8	13.4-38.7	9	11.4	4.6-25.5	18	23.3	13.8-36.5	33	41.5	29.2-55.0
Northwest	182	48	23.2	16.4-31.7	21	16.7	9.8-27.0	27	11.6	7.4-17.7	86	48.5	38.8-58.4
Charlotte	159	40	20.5	13.9-29.2	13	8.1	4.0-15.7	29	17.3	11.2-25.8	77	54.0	43.6-64.1
Greensboro	134	35	32.7	21.5-46.4	10	6.6	3.2-13.3	17	8.8	4.4-16.6	72	51.9	39.7-63.9
Southern Regional	129	41	29.6	20.2-41.1	12	8.2	4.3-15.3	25	15.0	9.2-23.7	51	47.2	34.5-60.2
Coastal	70	13	22.8	11.5-40.2	5	6.1	2.3-15.2	13	16.5	9.1-27.9	39	54.6	40.3-68.2
Wake	159	43	30.8	21.0-42.7	13	7.4	3.2-16.5	27	20.4	12.9-30.6	76	41.4	31.6-52.0
Area L	47	10	17.4	8.7-31.9	5	12.4	4.0-32.4	11	20.0	9.1-38.4	21	50.2	32.8-67.5
Eastern	153	38	23.0	15.7-32.6	12	9.5	4.8-17.8	38	18.4	12.5-26.3	65	49.1	37.7-60.6

Total
Respond.^

1-4

5-14

15 or more times

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,115

290

25.6

22.1-29.3

100

9.8

7.5-12.5

205

16.4

13.9-19.3

520

48.3

44.2-52.4

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

12.0

3.8-32.1

10.2

2.8-30.8

16.0

6.7-33.5

61.9

41.1-79.1

Buncombe

18.2

8.4-34.8

5.8

1.4-20.9

17.1

6.3-38.6

59.0

39.8-75.8

Cabarrus

32.8

15.4-56.7

2.4

0.3-15.7

4.7

1.1-17.7

60.1

37.0-79.5

Catawba

20.5

6.6-48.7

0.0

. - .

5.6

0.7-33.1

73.8

43.8-91.1

Cumberland

24.0

11.3-43.9

7.6

2.2-23.3

11.1

4.6-24.5

57.3

35.5-76.6

Davidson

24.5

11.1-45.9

15.6

6.1-34.5

17.6

6.2-41.0

42.2

22.4-65.0

Durham

30.9

12.9-57.4

9.6

3.0-26.8

9.2

1.3-43.3

50.3

28.2-72.3

Forsyth

22.0

8.2-47.0

31.6

12.7-59.4

7.8

1.6-30.7

38.5

19.3-62.1

Gaston

19.3

7.6-41.1

10.6

3.5-28.0

18.1

5.9-43.7

52.0

27.9-75.2

Guilford

42.9

22.8-65.6

5.3

1.2-21.0

9.4

2.3-31.0

42.4

23.3-64.1

Iredell

25.6

10.9-49.2

29.8

8.3-66.5

10.1

2.3-34.7

34.5

16.3-58.7

Johnston

21.4

10.1-39.8

7.3

2.1-22.8

17.3

5.5-42.7

54.0

33.7-73.1

Mecklenburg

18.4

9.0-33.9

6.6

2.0-19.3

22.5

12.6-36.9

52.5

37.3-67.2

New Hanover

11.3

3.8-28.9

4.6

1.0-18.0

33.0

16.4-55.4

51.1

30.7-71.2

Onslow

2.2

0.3-14.5

14.3

4.1-39.2

19.3

8.5-38.0

64.2

41.6-81.9

Orange

21.4

8.8-43.6

12.7

1.9-52.2

4.8

1.1-18.4

61.2

35.9-81.6

Pitt

41.6

24.3-61.3

4.0

1.0-15.0

16.5

7.0-34.1

38.0

20.9-58.7

Randolph

32.7

12.1-63.2

3.7

0.7-16.4

14.7

5.1-35.6

49.0

25.2-73.2

Robeson

27.7

14.7-45.8

6.2

1.4-22.9

22.3

10.3-41.7

43.9

25.8-63.7

Rowan

16.1

6.4-35.0

2.1

0.3-14.1

19.0

7.2-41.7

62.8

39.9-81.1

Union

14.3

5.6-32.1

6.1

1.4-23.1

7.0

1.7-24.7

72.6

52.3-86.5

Wake

21.5

11.7-36.3

8.7

1.9-32.4

27.7

14.3-46.6

42.1

26.5-59.5

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

28.9

12.9-52.8

9.5

2.7-28.3

7.9

2.1-25.2

53.7

30.6-75.4

Northeast Partnership II***

21.0

11.0-36.4

27.0

11.7-50.9

20.6

10.9-35.7

31.3

17.7-49.2

Northeast Partnership I***

21.0

9.6-40.0

7.9

2.2-25.1

30.1

14.7-51.7

41.0

22.5-62.5

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

13.9

5.2-32.1

3.5

0.8-13.5

18.1

6.4-41.7

64.6

42.4-81.9

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

17.6

8.4-33.1

5.0

1.4-15.8

22.1

11.1-39.2

55.4

35.9-73.4

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

33.2

16.5-55.5

6.6

2.0-19.9

8.9

3.4-21.3

51.4

33.1-69.3

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

52.7

28.2-75.9

0.8

0.1- 5.7

9.2

3.0-24.8

37.3

18.1-61.6

Chatham/Lee/Moore

34.9

19.4-54.4

3.6

0.5-21.7

20.1

9.4-38.1

41.3

23.5-61.7

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

27.5

12.7-49.8

28.6

10.5-57.8

12.3

4.6-28.9

31.6

15.4-54.1

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

31.2

14.8-54.2

12.6

2.8-42.1

6.2

1.8-18.7

50.1

29.7-70.4

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

16.3

6.1-36.7

14.6

2.9-49.8

28.4

12.3-52.8

40.7

20.9-64.2

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

23.1

12.1-39.7

7.0

2.5-18.3

12.2

4.6-28.4

57.7

39.1-74.5

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

26.9

12.9-47.8

14.4

5.0-35.0

26.6

14.1-44.4

32.2

18.4-49.9

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

24.8

15.4-37.3

15.8

7.4-30.6

24.2

15.1-36.5

35.2

23.9-48.4

1,027

268

25.6

22.0-29.6

9.3

7.1-12.2

181

15.8

13.2-18.9

487

49.2

45.0-53.5

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

420

107

24.2

19.2-30.0

8.9

5.9-13.1

17.5

13.6-22.2

188

49.4

42.6-56.3

Piedmont

570

151

27.3

22.3-32.9

10.1

7.0-14.4

14.7

11.3-18.9

278

47.9

42.3-53.6

Western NC

125

22.1

14.0-33.1

10.3

4.9-20.4

20.4

13.2-30.2

47.1

36.1-58.4

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

23.8

13.4-38.7

11.4

4.6-25.5

23.3

13.8-36.5

41.5

29.2-55.0

Northwest

182

23.2

16.4-31.7

16.7

9.8-27.0

11.6

7.4-17.7

48.5

38.8-58.4

Charlotte

159

20.5

13.9-29.2

8.1

4.0-15.7

17.3

11.2-25.8

54.0

43.6-64.1

Greensboro

134

32.7

21.5-46.4

6.6

3.2-13.3

8.8

4.4-16.6

51.9

39.7-63.9

Southern Regional

129

29.6

20.2-41.1

8.2

4.3-15.3

15.0

9.2-23.7

47.2

34.5-60.2

Coastal

22.8

11.5-40.2

6.1

2.3-15.2

16.5

9.1-27.9

54.6

40.3-68.2

Wake

159

30.8

21.0-42.7

7.4

3.2-16.5

20.4

12.9-30.6

41.4

31.6-52.0

Area L

17.4

8.7-31.9

12.4

4.0-32.4

20.0

9.1-38.4

50.2

32.8-67.5

Eastern

153

23.0

15.7-32.6

9.5

4.8-17.8

18.4

12.5-26.3

49.1

37.7-60.6

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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.

**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.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.

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