BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Adult Asthma History

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	Total Respond.^	None	Less than once a week	Once or twice a week	> Twice a week not every day	Everyday
North Carolina	1,114	321	29.0	25.4-32.9	223	20.3	17.1-23.8	214	22.1	18.8-25.9	108	7.4	5.9- 9.3	248	21.1	18.1-24.6
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	28	11	39.1	21.3-60.5	6	17.9	7.3-37.7	4	18.6	7.0-41.0	2	4.5	1.0-17.5	5	19.8	7.8-42.0
Buncombe	34	13	36.9	21.1-56.1	7	20.8	9.1-40.9	2	5.6	1.3-20.6	6	20.5	8.2-42.9	6	16.1	6.6-34.6
Cabarrus	25	10	37.1	18.3-60.9	4	19.2	6.2-46.0	4	22.2	7.8-48.9	3	11.4	3.1-34.5	4	10.1	3.5-26.1
Catawba	14	6	59.5	27.0-85.4	3	12.2	3.1-37.6	1	3.7	0.5-24.0	2	12.8	2.8-42.6	2	11.8	2.0-46.3
Cumberland	43	11	14.9	7.2-28.6	7	11.6	4.6-26.1	9	43.5	21.2-68.7	6	13.6	5.3-30.8	10	16.4	7.2-33.2
Davidson	29	7	25.8	10.4-51.1	6	25.5	11.0-48.5	7	20.4	8.6-40.9	4	12.9	4.3-32.9	5	15.4	5.5-36.4
Durham	20	8	31.4	14.7-54.8	5	22.4	8.5-47.3	4	27.9	10.5-56.0	1	3.2	0.4-19.9	2	15.2	3.7-45.3
Forsyth	25	6	15.6	6.2-34.1	6	27.7	11.3-53.7	3	20.4	6.1-50.2	2	4.9	1.1-18.4	8	31.4	13.7-57.0
Gaston	31	7	15.1	6.1-32.8	3	10.5	2.5-35.2	7	36.1	14.4-65.6	7	16.6	5.8-39.1	7	21.8	9.0-43.9
Guilford	32	6	19.3	7.3-41.8	8	41.8	21.8-64.9	6	16.7	6.4-37.0	3	3.1	0.8-10.8	9	19.2	8.8-36.9
Iredell	26	7	22.0	8.9-44.9	6	22.5	8.4-47.6	7	39.3	15.0-70.4	0	0.0	. - .	6	16.2	6.3-35.7
Johnston	36	8	17.0	7.8-33.1	12	38.7	20.1-61.3	8	16.7	7.6-32.8	2	5.3	1.1-21.6	6	22.2	8.6-46.5
Mecklenburg	46	18	38.6	24.7-54.7	8	16.0	7.9-30.0	9	23.3	12.3-39.7	3	4.6	1.4-13.5	8	17.5	8.6-32.3
New Hanover	28	6	13.3	5.6-28.4	4	9.2	3.0-25.2	8	38.7	19.9-61.6	2	4.6	1.0-18.0	8	34.2	17.3-56.3
Onslow	26	9	32.4	14.9-56.6	4	25.4	8.7-54.9	4	6.9	2.3-18.7	3	12.8	3.8-35.4	6	22.5	9.2-45.4
Orange	21	6	33.5	14.6-59.7	7	18.0	7.6-36.8	3	22.0	6.5-53.3	1	5.2	0.7-29.7	4	21.3	6.9-49.8
Pitt	37	9	27.3	12.3-50.2	8	31.3	15.8-52.5	8	20.3	9.4-38.3	7	12.1	5.3-25.3	5	9.0	3.5-21.3
Randolph	25	9	48.8	23.7-74.6	3	5.4	1.6-17.1	4	25.9	8.7-56.3	3	9.2	2.4-29.0	6	10.6	4.0-25.4
Robeson	32	6	12.4	5.1-26.8	6	27.7	11.3-53.5	8	27.5	13.5-48.1	5	14.9	5.9-32.9	7	17.5	7.9-34.3
Rowan	29	8	18.7	6.9-41.4	7	43.3	15.5-76.0	6	20.0	6.1-49.2	0	0.0	. - .	8	18.1	6.8-39.9
Union	25	9	28.4	13.8-49.5	6	32.7	14.3-58.5	1	1.7	0.2-11.4	2	9.6	1.8-38.3	7	27.7	12.8-50.0
Wake	44	17	39.1	24.3-56.2	7	13.6	6.1-27.6	9	25.0	12.4-44.0	2	3.0	0.7-12.7	9	19.4	8.8-37.3
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	27	9	39.4	17.3-67.0	3	9.0	2.5-28.0	7	20.1	8.3-41.2	3	6.8	1.5-25.0	5	24.7	9.4-50.7
Northeast Partnership II***	44	8	14.0	6.6-27.4	10	19.8	10.0-35.5	8	25.3	12.1-45.6	5	7.8	3.1-18.5	13	33.0	18.1-52.3
Northeast Partnership I***	38	8	22.5	9.4-44.7	6	10.2	4.2-22.9	8	26.9	11.9-50.1	5	12.6	4.6-30.1	11	27.8	12.8-50.1
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	30	8	37.7	18.3-62.0	7	24.3	10.0-48.0	5	13.6	4.7-33.4	2	3.5	0.8-14.5	8	20.8	9.7-39.3
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	39	17	54.2	34.6-72.5	5	11.3	4.4-26.2	6	14.5	6.1-30.8	1	1.4	0.2- 9.7	10	18.5	9.1-34.2
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	41	15	33.0	19.2-50.6	10	29.0	13.8-51.2	7	17.8	7.2-37.7	2	5.1	1.2-18.5	7	15.1	6.7-30.3
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	35	13	42.6	19.1-70.0	8	24.3	9.2-50.4	4	4.6	1.5-13.3	2	5.2	1.2-20.1	8	23.3	8.3-50.6
Chatham/Lee/Moore	32	9	37.8	20.7-58.7	5	12.2	4.7-28.1	6	16.6	6.7-35.5	5	14.1	5.6-31.3	7	19.2	8.8-36.9
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	34	6	12.4	4.2-31.3	7	13.4	5.4-29.6	8	34.1	16.5-57.6	3	4.4	1.2-15.2	10	35.7	16.2-61.3
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	27	11	38.0	20.3-59.7	4	20.0	6.9-45.8	3	15.6	4.2-43.6	3	10.7	3.2-30.5	6	15.7	6.2-34.3
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	25	4	15.4	5.3-37.2	7	24.9	10.9-47.3	6	32.9	14.2-59.2	3	12.0	3.6-33.4	5	14.8	5.5-34.2
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	38	10	21.7	10.8-38.8	6	19.1	7.0-42.6	7	13.3	5.8-27.7	4	10.9	3.7-27.7	11	35.1	17.8-57.5
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	48	6	14.0	6.0-29.2	12	22.8	10.0-44.2	17	41.4	25.2-59.6	4	2.5	0.6- 9.6	9	19.3	9.5-35.3
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	89	19	20.8	12.4-32.7	17	14.1	8.3-23.1	18	25.7	15.5-39.5	10	8.8	4.4-16.9	25	30.6	19.5-44.6
No	1,025	302	29.6	25.8-33.7	206	20.7	17.4-24.5	196	21.9	18.4-25.8	98	7.3	5.7- 9.3	223	20.4	17.3-24.0
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	419	113	29.2	22.9-36.2	83	18.6	14.3-23.9	86	23.4	17.6-30.3	41	7.1	4.9-10.2	96	21.7	17.1-27.2
Piedmont	568	179	30.9	26.0-36.4	111	20.4	16.1-25.5	99	20.2	16.0-25.3	50	6.5	4.7- 8.9	129	22.0	17.5-27.3
Western NC	127	29	21.7	14.5-31.1	29	23.4	14.2-36.0	29	26.5	17.8-37.5	17	11.7	6.4-20.3	23	16.8	10.6-25.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	82	19	21.7	13.3-33.3	19	22.2	12.0-37.3	19	29.3	18.2-43.7	10	8.6	3.8-18.5	15	18.2	10.4-29.9
Northwest	186	50	24.1	17.2-32.7	42	27.0	18.4-37.9	36	20.7	13.6-30.1	16	9.7	5.4-16.6	42	18.5	12.5-26.5
Charlotte	158	51	27.8	20.0-37.2	26	15.1	9.6-23.0	26	19.9	12.7-29.9	16	7.0	3.8-12.4	39	30.1	20.3-42.2
Greensboro	132	44	34.9	24.4-47.3	28	24.2	14.4-37.7	21	16.8	10.0-26.9	11	5.0	2.5- 9.6	28	19.1	11.2-30.6
Southern Regional	126	31	21.5	13.9-31.8	20	12.9	7.6-21.2	31	39.3	26.3-54.0	16	9.9	5.4-17.6	28	16.3	10.3-25.0
Coastal	70	23	30.0	19.5-43.2	14	23.3	11.9-40.7	13	18.6	10.3-31.1	4	5.0	1.7-13.9	16	23.1	13.9-35.8
Wake	158	48	33.6	23.7-45.2	36	20.2	13.2-29.6	30	21.2	13.4-31.7	14	7.0	3.9-12.4	30	18.0	11.4-27.3
Area L	49	10	28.4	14.3-48.4	9	16.7	7.6-33.0	11	22.7	11.1-40.7	4	4.5	1.6-12.1	15	27.7	15.3-44.7
Eastern	153	45	37.1	25.6-50.3	29	18.3	12.0-26.8	27	14.6	9.3-22.2	17	6.9	3.8-12.1	35	23.1	15.3-33.4

Total
Respond.^

None

Less than once a week

Once or twice a week

> Twice a week not every day

Everyday

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,114

321

29.0

25.4-32.9

223

20.3

17.1-23.8

214

22.1

18.8-25.9

108

7.4

5.9- 9.3

248

21.1

18.1-24.6

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

39.1

21.3-60.5

17.9

7.3-37.7

18.6

7.0-41.0

4.5

1.0-17.5

19.8

7.8-42.0

Buncombe

36.9

21.1-56.1

20.8

9.1-40.9

5.6

1.3-20.6

20.5

8.2-42.9

16.1

6.6-34.6

Cabarrus

37.1

18.3-60.9

19.2

6.2-46.0

22.2

7.8-48.9

11.4

3.1-34.5

10.1

3.5-26.1

Catawba

59.5

27.0-85.4

12.2

3.1-37.6

3.7

0.5-24.0

12.8

2.8-42.6

11.8

2.0-46.3

Cumberland

14.9

7.2-28.6

11.6

4.6-26.1

43.5

21.2-68.7

13.6

5.3-30.8

16.4

7.2-33.2

Davidson

25.8

10.4-51.1

25.5

11.0-48.5

20.4

8.6-40.9

12.9

4.3-32.9

15.4

5.5-36.4

Durham

31.4

14.7-54.8

22.4

8.5-47.3

27.9

10.5-56.0

3.2

0.4-19.9

15.2

3.7-45.3

Forsyth

15.6

6.2-34.1

27.7

11.3-53.7

20.4

6.1-50.2

4.9

1.1-18.4

31.4

13.7-57.0

Gaston

15.1

6.1-32.8

10.5

2.5-35.2

36.1

14.4-65.6

16.6

5.8-39.1

21.8

9.0-43.9

Guilford

19.3

7.3-41.8

41.8

21.8-64.9

16.7

6.4-37.0

3.1

0.8-10.8

19.2

8.8-36.9

Iredell

22.0

8.9-44.9

22.5

8.4-47.6

39.3

15.0-70.4

0.0

. - .

16.2

6.3-35.7

Johnston

17.0

7.8-33.1

38.7

20.1-61.3

16.7

7.6-32.8

5.3

1.1-21.6

22.2

8.6-46.5

Mecklenburg

38.6

24.7-54.7

16.0

7.9-30.0

23.3

12.3-39.7

4.6

1.4-13.5

17.5

8.6-32.3

New Hanover

13.3

5.6-28.4

9.2

3.0-25.2

38.7

19.9-61.6

4.6

1.0-18.0

34.2

17.3-56.3

Onslow

32.4

14.9-56.6

25.4

8.7-54.9

6.9

2.3-18.7

12.8

3.8-35.4

22.5

9.2-45.4

Orange

33.5

14.6-59.7

18.0

7.6-36.8

22.0

6.5-53.3

5.2

0.7-29.7

21.3

6.9-49.8

Pitt

27.3

12.3-50.2

31.3

15.8-52.5

20.3

9.4-38.3

12.1

5.3-25.3

9.0

3.5-21.3

Randolph

48.8

23.7-74.6

5.4

1.6-17.1

25.9

8.7-56.3

9.2

2.4-29.0

10.6

4.0-25.4

Robeson

12.4

5.1-26.8

27.7

11.3-53.5

27.5

13.5-48.1

14.9

5.9-32.9

17.5

7.9-34.3

Rowan

18.7

6.9-41.4

43.3

15.5-76.0

20.0

6.1-49.2

0.0

. - .

18.1

6.8-39.9

Union

28.4

13.8-49.5

32.7

14.3-58.5

1.7

0.2-11.4

9.6

1.8-38.3

27.7

12.8-50.0

Wake

39.1

24.3-56.2

13.6

6.1-27.6

25.0

12.4-44.0

3.0

0.7-12.7

19.4

8.8-37.3

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

39.4

17.3-67.0

9.0

2.5-28.0

20.1

8.3-41.2

6.8

1.5-25.0

24.7

9.4-50.7

Northeast Partnership II***

14.0

6.6-27.4

19.8

10.0-35.5

25.3

12.1-45.6

7.8

3.1-18.5

33.0

18.1-52.3

Northeast Partnership I***

22.5

9.4-44.7

10.2

4.2-22.9

26.9

11.9-50.1

12.6

4.6-30.1

27.8

12.8-50.1

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

37.7

18.3-62.0

24.3

10.0-48.0

13.6

4.7-33.4

3.5

0.8-14.5

20.8

9.7-39.3

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

54.2

34.6-72.5

11.3

4.4-26.2

14.5

6.1-30.8

1.4

0.2- 9.7

18.5

9.1-34.2

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

33.0

19.2-50.6

29.0

13.8-51.2

17.8

7.2-37.7

5.1

1.2-18.5

15.1

6.7-30.3

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

42.6

19.1-70.0

24.3

9.2-50.4

4.6

1.5-13.3

5.2

1.2-20.1

23.3

8.3-50.6

Chatham/Lee/Moore

37.8

20.7-58.7

12.2

4.7-28.1

16.6

6.7-35.5

14.1

5.6-31.3

19.2

8.8-36.9

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

12.4

4.2-31.3

13.4

5.4-29.6

34.1

16.5-57.6

4.4

1.2-15.2

35.7

16.2-61.3

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

38.0

20.3-59.7

20.0

6.9-45.8

15.6

4.2-43.6

10.7

3.2-30.5

15.7

6.2-34.3

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

15.4

5.3-37.2

24.9

10.9-47.3

32.9

14.2-59.2

12.0

3.6-33.4

14.8

5.5-34.2

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

21.7

10.8-38.8

19.1

7.0-42.6

13.3

5.8-27.7

10.9

3.7-27.7

35.1

17.8-57.5

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

14.0

6.0-29.2

22.8

10.0-44.2

41.4

25.2-59.6

2.5

0.6- 9.6

19.3

9.5-35.3

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

20.8

12.4-32.7

14.1

8.3-23.1

25.7

15.5-39.5

8.8

4.4-16.9

30.6

19.5-44.6

1,025

302

29.6

25.8-33.7

206

20.7

17.4-24.5

196

21.9

18.4-25.8

7.3

5.7- 9.3

223

20.4

17.3-24.0

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

419

113

29.2

22.9-36.2

18.6

14.3-23.9

23.4

17.6-30.3

7.1

4.9-10.2

21.7

17.1-27.2

Piedmont

568

179

30.9

26.0-36.4

111

20.4

16.1-25.5

20.2

16.0-25.3

6.5

4.7- 8.9

129

22.0

17.5-27.3

Western NC

127

21.7

14.5-31.1

23.4

14.2-36.0

26.5

17.8-37.5

11.7

6.4-20.3

16.8

10.6-25.6

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

21.7

13.3-33.3

22.2

12.0-37.3

29.3

18.2-43.7

8.6

3.8-18.5

18.2

10.4-29.9

Northwest

186

24.1

17.2-32.7

27.0

18.4-37.9

20.7

13.6-30.1

9.7

5.4-16.6

18.5

12.5-26.5

Charlotte

158

27.8

20.0-37.2

15.1

9.6-23.0

19.9

12.7-29.9

7.0

3.8-12.4

30.1

20.3-42.2

Greensboro

132

34.9

24.4-47.3

24.2

14.4-37.7

16.8

10.0-26.9

5.0

2.5- 9.6

19.1

11.2-30.6

Southern Regional

126

21.5

13.9-31.8

12.9

7.6-21.2

39.3

26.3-54.0

9.9

5.4-17.6

16.3

10.3-25.0

Coastal

30.0

19.5-43.2

23.3

11.9-40.7

18.6

10.3-31.1

5.0

1.7-13.9

23.1

13.9-35.8

Wake

158

33.6

23.7-45.2

20.2

13.2-29.6

21.2

13.4-31.7

7.0

3.9-12.4

18.0

11.4-27.3

Area L

28.4

14.3-48.4

16.7

7.6-33.0

22.7

11.1-40.7

4.5

1.6-12.1

27.7

15.3-44.7

Eastern

153

37.1

25.6-50.3

18.3

12.0-26.8

14.6

9.3-22.2

6.9

3.8-12.1

23.1

15.3-33.4

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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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