BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?*)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Adult Asthma History

During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?*

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	Total Respond.^	1-7 Days	8-30 days	More than 30 Days	None
North Carolina	1,078	166	17.8	14.6-21.6	88	8.3	6.4-10.6	46	4.2	2.9- 5.9	778	69.7	65.7-73.5
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	26	3	9.4	2.9-26.4	2	9.4	2.2-32.6	1	2.6	0.4-16.9	20	78.5	57.5-90.8
Buncombe	35	5	20.3	7.7-43.6	2	7.2	1.6-26.7	5	12.1	4.8-27.5	23	60.4	40.6-77.3
Cabarrus	25	2	12.3	2.5-43.5	3	6.2	1.9-18.6	0	0.0	. - .	20	81.5	55.6-94.0
Catawba	14	2	10.0	2.2-36.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	12	90.0	64.0-97.8
Cumberland	42	8	19.4	8.2-39.2	2	4.2	0.8-19.9	1	3.3	0.4-20.5	31	73.1	52.1-87.2
Davidson	26	4	15.2	5.1-37.4	4	13.0	4.5-32.1	1	1.1	0.1- 7.8	17	70.7	48.6-86.0
Durham	21	2	12.9	2.9-42.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	19	87.1	57.6-97.1
Forsyth	26	3	22.1	6.8-52.2	2	8.9	1.8-34.5	0	0.0	. - .	21	69.0	41.9-87.3
Gaston	28	5	11.2	4.0-27.8	3	7.5	2.2-22.4	4	17.6	5.4-44.4	16	63.8	39.0-82.9
Guilford	30	4	8.9	2.8-25.0	3	6.1	1.8-19.3	2	4.1	0.9-16.2	21	80.9	63.2-91.3
Iredell	27	4	31.5	9.1-67.7	2	6.6	1.5-24.5	0	0.0	. - .	21	61.9	30.3-85.9
Johnston	37	5	12.7	4.9-29.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.7	0.2-11.4	31	85.5	69.0-94.0
Mecklenburg	45	10	22.3	11.8-38.0	4	8.6	3.1-21.4	3	8.5	2.8-23.5	28	60.6	44.6-74.6
New Hanover	27	2	6.7	1.6-23.6	3	17.5	5.8-42.3	1	6.9	1.0-35.7	21	68.9	45.5-85.5
Onslow	24	3	7.8	2.4-22.7	2	7.5	1.8-26.5	0	0.0	. - .	19	84.7	65.9-94.1
Orange	22	3	14.3	4.4-37.5	1	3.4	0.5-21.3	0	0.0	. - .	18	82.3	59.4-93.7
Pitt	37	9	20.3	9.3-38.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.8	0.8-17.1	26	75.9	57.3-88.0
Randolph	27	2	3.5	0.8-13.8	5	13.3	4.5-33.3	0	0.0	. - .	20	83.3	63.3-93.5
Robeson	34	9	24.3	12.0-42.9	4	11.6	3.9-29.7	2	5.2	1.3-19.0	19	58.9	39.6-75.9
Rowan	27	4	35.6	8.6-76.4	1	6.2	0.8-34.8	1	1.2	0.2- 9.2	21	57.0	22.3-85.9
Union	22	1	1.6	0.2-10.9	2	9.8	2.4-32.3	0	0.0	. - .	19	88.6	67.3-96.7
Wake	42	2	7.8	1.4-33.4	6	18.5	7.8-37.8	1	2.2	0.3-14.1	33	71.6	51.4-85.7
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	28	3	13.6	4.0-37.3	4	10.7	2.7-34.0	0	0.0	. - .	21	75.6	51.4-90.1
Northeast Partnership II***	42	11	30.1	15.5-50.2	3	6.8	2.1-19.6	2	5.6	1.4-20.0	26	57.5	38.9-74.3
Northeast Partnership I***	32	8	29.9	13.3-54.3	1	2.6	0.4-16.7	3	17.3	5.0-45.3	20	50.2	29.0-71.4
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	27	4	10.2	3.4-26.6	4	11.4	3.8-29.2	1	2.5	0.3-16.1	18	76.0	56.1-88.7
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	37	5	21.7	6.6-52.3	4	11.1	3.9-27.9	3	6.3	1.9-18.8	25	60.9	37.8-79.9
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	39	6	31.1	14.1-55.3	2	3.8	0.8-15.5	2	4.4	1.0-16.6	29	60.8	39.4-78.7
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	32	4	5.4	1.6-16.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	10.8	2.2-39.9	26	83.8	58.7-95.0
Chatham/Lee/Moore	31	8	25.9	12.8-45.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.8	0.9-14.3	21	70.3	51.0-84.4
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	32	6	13.5	5.5-29.4	3	25.7	7.8-58.4	3	4.0	1.0-14.3	20	56.8	32.7-78.1
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	27	4	24.7	9.2-51.6	3	7.2	2.1-21.6	2	6.8	1.3-27.9	18	61.3	38.3-80.2
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	24	3	13.3	4.0-36.3	3	12.8	3.6-36.5	0	0.0	. - .	18	73.9	50.1-88.9
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	36	4	23.2	8.1-50.8	4	7.6	2.7-19.7	1	1.6	0.2-10.5	27	67.7	44.0-84.9
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	47	8	23.5	10.9-43.4	6	9.9	3.7-23.7	0	0.0	. - .	33	66.6	47.5-81.5
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	82	19	26.0	15.6-40.1	6	8.6	3.2-21.4	5	9.4	3.5-22.7	52	56.0	42.1-69.0
No	996	147	17.2	13.9-21.2	82	8.2	6.3-10.7	41	3.8	2.6- 5.5	726	70.7	66.5-74.6
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	405	74	19.9	14.6-26.5	27	7.3	4.6-11.2	21	5.2	3.1- 8.6	283	67.7	60.8-73.9
Piedmont	549	74	16.2	11.9-21.7	50	9.1	6.4-12.8	19	3.7	2.1- 6.4	406	71.0	65.2-76.2
Western NC	124	18	19.3	11.6-30.6	11	7.6	3.8-14.6	6	3.6	1.6- 8.2	89	69.5	58.3-78.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	82	13	22.3	12.3-37.0	8	9.0	4.0-18.8	5	4.3	1.7-10.5	56	64.4	50.4-76.4
Northwest	181	23	18.8	11.2-29.8	16	8.1	4.5-14.1	4	1.9	0.5- 6.5	138	71.2	60.7-79.9
Charlotte	151	24	21.9	12.8-34.9	16	10.2	5.5-18.2	7	5.6	2.5-12.2	104	62.3	50.6-72.8
Greensboro	130	15	8.4	4.6-14.8	11	6.1	3.0-11.7	5	2.6	1.0- 6.8	99	83.0	74.8-88.9
Southern Regional	124	26	20.0	12.3-30.9	9	7.6	3.3-16.4	7	3.8	1.5- 9.5	82	68.6	56.6-78.6
Coastal	67	7	18.6	7.7-38.3	5	8.2	3.3-18.9	4	7.2	2.6-18.0	51	66.1	49.7-79.4
Wake	152	19	12.5	6.6-22.3	9	9.4	4.3-19.5	5	4.2	1.3-12.7	119	73.9	62.4-82.8
Area L	45	14	28.5	15.4-46.6	2	3.5	0.8-13.5	2	7.4	1.5-30.2	27	60.6	42.0-76.5
Eastern	146	25	18.2	9.7-31.6	12	8.5	4.3-16.3	7	4.7	2.0-10.5	102	68.6	56.1-78.9

Total
Respond.^

1-7 Days

8-30 days

More than 30 Days

None

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,078

166

17.8

14.6-21.6

8.3

6.4-10.6

4.2

2.9- 5.9

778

69.7

65.7-73.5

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

9.4

2.9-26.4

9.4

2.2-32.6

2.6

0.4-16.9

78.5

57.5-90.8

Buncombe

20.3

7.7-43.6

7.2

1.6-26.7

12.1

4.8-27.5

60.4

40.6-77.3

Cabarrus

12.3

2.5-43.5

6.2

1.9-18.6

0.0

. - .

81.5

55.6-94.0

Catawba

10.0

2.2-36.0

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

90.0

64.0-97.8

Cumberland

19.4

8.2-39.2

4.2

0.8-19.9

3.3

0.4-20.5

73.1

52.1-87.2

Davidson

15.2

5.1-37.4

13.0

4.5-32.1

1.1

0.1- 7.8

70.7

48.6-86.0

Durham

12.9

2.9-42.4

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

87.1

57.6-97.1

Forsyth

22.1

6.8-52.2

8.9

1.8-34.5

0.0

. - .

69.0

41.9-87.3

Gaston

11.2

4.0-27.8

7.5

2.2-22.4

17.6

5.4-44.4

63.8

39.0-82.9

Guilford

8.9

2.8-25.0

6.1

1.8-19.3

4.1

0.9-16.2

80.9

63.2-91.3

Iredell

31.5

9.1-67.7

6.6

1.5-24.5

0.0

. - .

61.9

30.3-85.9

Johnston

12.7

4.9-29.4

0.0

. - .

1.7

0.2-11.4

85.5

69.0-94.0

Mecklenburg

22.3

11.8-38.0

8.6

3.1-21.4

8.5

2.8-23.5

60.6

44.6-74.6

New Hanover

6.7

1.6-23.6

17.5

5.8-42.3

6.9

1.0-35.7

68.9

45.5-85.5

Onslow

7.8

2.4-22.7

7.5

1.8-26.5

0.0

. - .

84.7

65.9-94.1

Orange

14.3

4.4-37.5

3.4

0.5-21.3

0.0

. - .

82.3

59.4-93.7

Pitt

20.3

9.3-38.7

0.0

. - .

3.8

0.8-17.1

75.9

57.3-88.0

Randolph

3.5

0.8-13.8

13.3

4.5-33.3

0.0

. - .

83.3

63.3-93.5

Robeson

24.3

12.0-42.9

11.6

3.9-29.7

5.2

1.3-19.0

58.9

39.6-75.9

Rowan

35.6

8.6-76.4

6.2

0.8-34.8

1.2

0.2- 9.2

57.0

22.3-85.9

Union

1.6

0.2-10.9

9.8

2.4-32.3

0.0

. - .

88.6

67.3-96.7

Wake

7.8

1.4-33.4

18.5

7.8-37.8

2.2

0.3-14.1

71.6

51.4-85.7

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

13.6

4.0-37.3

10.7

2.7-34.0

0.0

. - .

75.6

51.4-90.1

Northeast Partnership II***

30.1

15.5-50.2

6.8

2.1-19.6

5.6

1.4-20.0

57.5

38.9-74.3

Northeast Partnership I***

29.9

13.3-54.3

2.6

0.4-16.7

17.3

5.0-45.3

50.2

29.0-71.4

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

10.2

3.4-26.6

11.4

3.8-29.2

2.5

0.3-16.1

76.0

56.1-88.7

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

21.7

6.6-52.3

11.1

3.9-27.9

6.3

1.9-18.8

60.9

37.8-79.9

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

31.1

14.1-55.3

3.8

0.8-15.5

4.4

1.0-16.6

60.8

39.4-78.7

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

5.4

1.6-16.2

0.0

. - .

10.8

2.2-39.9

83.8

58.7-95.0

Chatham/Lee/Moore

25.9

12.8-45.5

0.0

. - .

3.8

0.9-14.3

70.3

51.0-84.4

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

13.5

5.5-29.4

25.7

7.8-58.4

4.0

1.0-14.3

56.8

32.7-78.1

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

24.7

9.2-51.6

7.2

2.1-21.6

6.8

1.3-27.9

61.3

38.3-80.2

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

13.3

4.0-36.3

12.8

3.6-36.5

0.0

. - .

73.9

50.1-88.9

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

23.2

8.1-50.8

7.6

2.7-19.7

1.6

0.2-10.5

67.7

44.0-84.9

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

23.5

10.9-43.4

9.9

3.7-23.7

0.0

. - .

66.6

47.5-81.5

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

26.0

15.6-40.1

8.6

3.2-21.4

9.4

3.5-22.7

56.0

42.1-69.0

996

147

17.2

13.9-21.2

8.2

6.3-10.7

3.8

2.6- 5.5

726

70.7

66.5-74.6

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

405

19.9

14.6-26.5

7.3

4.6-11.2

5.2

3.1- 8.6

283

67.7

60.8-73.9

Piedmont

549

16.2

11.9-21.7

9.1

6.4-12.8

3.7

2.1- 6.4

406

71.0

65.2-76.2

Western NC

124

19.3

11.6-30.6

7.6

3.8-14.6

3.6

1.6- 8.2

69.5

58.3-78.8

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

22.3

12.3-37.0

9.0

4.0-18.8

4.3

1.7-10.5

64.4

50.4-76.4

Northwest

181

18.8

11.2-29.8

8.1

4.5-14.1

1.9

0.5- 6.5

138

71.2

60.7-79.9

Charlotte

151

21.9

12.8-34.9

10.2

5.5-18.2

5.6

2.5-12.2

104

62.3

50.6-72.8

Greensboro

130

8.4

4.6-14.8

6.1

3.0-11.7

2.6

1.0- 6.8

83.0

74.8-88.9

Southern Regional

124

20.0

12.3-30.9

7.6

3.3-16.4

3.8

1.5- 9.5

68.6

56.6-78.6

Coastal

18.6

7.7-38.3

8.2

3.3-18.9

7.2

2.6-18.0

66.1

49.7-79.4

Wake

152

12.5

6.6-22.3

9.4

4.3-19.5

4.2

1.3-12.7

119

73.9

62.4-82.8

Area L

28.5

15.4-46.6

3.5

0.8-13.5

7.4

1.5-30.2

60.6

42.0-76.5

Eastern

146

18.2

9.7-31.6

8.5

4.3-16.3

4.7

2.0-10.5

102

68.6

56.1-78.9

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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.

**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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