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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Asthma Management

An asthma management plan is a printed form that tells when to change the amount or type of
medicine, when to call the doctor for advice, and when to go to the emergency room.

Has a doctor or other health professional ever given you
an asthma management plan?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,106 355 29.9 26.0-34.1 751 70.1 65.9-74.0
-Eastern NC 358 115 31.7 24.5-40.0 243 68.3 60.0-75.5
GENDER
Male 83 25 27.7 15.5-44.4 58 72.3 55.6-84.5
Female 275 90 35.0 28.4-42.2 185 65.0 57.8-71.6
RACE
White 226 71 31.7 22.8-42.1 155 68.3 57.9-77.2
African American 97 27 29.3 16.3-46.8 70 70.7 53.2-83.7
Other Minorities 35 17 41.1 23.7-61.1 18 58.9 38.9-76.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 13 5 43.9 18.2-73.3 8 56.1 26.7-81.8
Non-Hispanic 344 110 31.2 23.8-39.7 234 68.8 60.3-76.2
AGE
18-24 18 5 22.7 6.9-53.9 13 77.3 46.1-93.1
25-34 32 7 25.6 9.6-52.8 25 74.4 47.2-90.4
35-44 50 22 46.3 30.6-62.7 28 53.7 37.3-69.4
45-54 76 28 40.0 28.4-52.9 48 60.0 47.1-71.6
55-64 87 28 35.8 24.9-48.4 59 64.2 51.6-75.1
65-74 60 16 25.2 14.4-40.2 44 74.8 59.8-85.6
75+ 34 8 19.2 8.4-38.2 26 80.8 61.8-91.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 84 19 17.6 6.6-39.1 65 82.4 60.9-93.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 122 48 36.6 26.2-48.6 74 63.4 51.4-73.8
Some Post-H.S. 81 27 40.1 25.9-56.2 54 59.9 43.8-74.1
College Graduate 71 21 37.1 24.0-52.5 50 62.9 47.5-76.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 28 25.6 14.4-41.4 54 74.4 58.6-85.6
$15,000- 24,999 79 24 27.5 17.2-41.0 55 72.5 59.0-82.8
$25,000- 34,999 31 13 51.6 29.7-72.9 18 48.4 27.1-70.3
$35,000- 49,999 48 17 34.3 20.4-51.5 31 65.7 48.5-79.6
$50,000-74,999 37 11 32.7 17.8-52.1 26 67.3 47.9-82.2
$75,000+ 34 13 46.3 26.9-66.9 21 53.7 33.1-73.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 223 71 30.2 20.6-41.8 152 69.8 58.2-79.4
No 132 43 34.3 24.6-45.5 89 65.7 54.5-75.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 38 13 32.2 18.5-49.8 25 67.8 50.2-81.5
Non-Veteran 320 102 31.7 23.9-40.7 218 68.3 59.3-76.1

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^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.

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