SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Adult Asthma History

During the past 12 months, besides emergency room visits, how many times did you see a doctor,
nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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 1,120 151 13.0 10.3-16.3 70 7.3 5.2-10.1 117 7.8 6.1-10.0 782 71.8 67.6-75.7
-Eastern NC 360 51 15.8 10.3-23.4 24 4.5 2.8- 7.2 38 6.7 4.5- 9.9 247 73.0 65.2-79.6
GENDER
Male 83 11 14.9 5.9-32.6 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8 5 3.0 1.0- 8.5 65 80.7 63.9-90.8
Female 277 40 16.5 11.7-22.8 22 6.9 4.3-11.0 33 9.7 6.5-14.1 182 66.9 60.0-73.1
RACE
White 230 28 14.1 8.3-22.9 15 5.1 2.8- 9.2 21 6.7 3.9-11.1 166 74.2 64.6-81.9
African American 95 15 18.4 7.7-37.7 7 3.0 1.3- 6.9 12 6.4 3.1-12.8 61 72.2 55.1-84.6
Other Minorities 35 8 19.3 8.0-39.7 2 5.7 1.2-22.6 5 8.3 2.7-22.7 20 66.7 46.5-82.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 12 1 8.2 1.1-41.6 1 8.7 1.2-43.1 1 8.0 1.1-40.9 9 75.1 43.4-92.2
Non-Hispanic 347 50 16.1 10.4-24.0 23 4.3 2.6- 7.0 37 6.7 4.4-10.0 237 72.9 64.8-79.7
AGE
18-24 17 2 12.9 2.2-50.0 1 0.8 0.1- 6.2 1 1.7 0.2-12.2 13 84.6 50.6-96.7
25-34 34 6 24.4 9.1-51.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 26 73.4 47.7-89.3
35-44 51 7 10.9 4.7-23.0 1 3.2 0.4-19.2 3 6.7 2.0-20.0 40 79.3 64.3-89.1
45-54 77 21 27.6 17.6-40.5 7 7.9 3.6-16.3 8 8.4 3.8-17.4 41 56.2 43.5-68.1
55-64 87 8 11.9 5.7-23.3 8 10.3 4.6-21.4 19 20.0 12.1-31.1 52 57.8 45.4-69.3
65-74 61 3 3.8 1.2-11.5 5 7.3 2.6-18.7 6 9.7 3.8-22.8 47 79.2 65.5-88.4
75+ 32 3 9.5 2.7-27.8 1 2.2 0.3-14.4 0 0.0 . - . 28 88.3 70.4-96.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 79 9 15.1 4.6-39.6 8 4.9 1.9-11.7 9 4.5 1.8-11.0 53 75.5 53.5-89.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 123 16 10.4 5.9-17.6 6 3.3 1.3- 8.1 16 9.8 5.4-17.1 85 76.6 66.8-84.1
Some Post-H.S. 86 14 25.4 13.0-43.8 4 4.0 1.3-11.2 10 8.1 3.9-16.1 58 62.5 46.6-76.0
College Graduate 72 12 15.9 8.2-28.7 6 6.8 2.6-16.9 3 2.7 0.7- 9.6 51 74.5 60.9-84.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 7 6.2 2.5-14.2 5 4.7 1.7-12.1 16 12.4 6.2-23.1 54 76.8 62.6-86.8
$15,000- 24,999 78 14 14.6 8.0-25.2 5 4.4 1.7-11.1 8 7.0 3.1-14.8 51 74.0 61.7-83.5
$25,000- 34,999 33 8 31.8 12.7-60.0 2 2.9 0.7-11.7 7 20.0 8.6-39.7 16 45.3 25.4-66.8
$35,000- 49,999 47 7 20.8 9.3-40.2 2 2.3 0.4-11.1 2 2.5 0.6-10.7 36 74.4 55.8-87.0
$50,000-74,999 37 4 11.2 3.9-28.5 5 15.1 5.9-33.7 1 2.7 0.4-17.0 27 71.0 51.7-84.8
$75,000+ 36 8 24.9 11.4-46.1 2 2.5 0.6- 9.8 2 4.2 1.0-17.0 24 68.3 47.9-83.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 221 33 18.5 10.6-30.4 14 3.4 1.8- 6.2 32 8.9 5.5-14.0 142 69.2 57.3-78.9
No 135 18 12.0 6.9-20.0 10 6.5 3.2-12.8 5 3.0 1.1- 7.8 102 78.5 69.3-85.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 39 6 13.0 5.6-27.4 2 3.6 0.9-13.6 2 5.2 1.2-19.5 29 78.2 62.3-88.6
Non-Veteran 321 45 16.1 10.2-24.5 22 4.6 2.8- 7.6 36 6.9 4.5-10.4 218 72.4 63.8-79.6

Back to Adult Asthma History.

*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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 06MAY08.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook