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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: 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?*

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  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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 284 28 9.3 5.3-15.7 9 2.9 1.3- 6.4 18 4.3 2.3- 7.8 229 83.5 76.5-88.8
Female 836 123 15.6 12.4-19.4 61 10.3 7.2-14.5 99 10.2 7.9-13.1 553 63.9 59.1-68.5
RACE
White 870 109 12.2 9.4-15.8 53 7.5 5.0-11.0 82 7.5 5.6- 9.9 626 72.8 68.0-77.1
African American 188 29 15.9 9.3-25.8 14 6.6 3.3-12.8 27 8.2 4.7-14.0 118 69.2 58.6-78.1
Asian 3 1 14.5 1.3-68.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 85.5 31.4-98.7
Native American 30 9 27.2 11.8-51.0 1 1.8 0.2-12.0 5 12.3 3.6-34.4 15 58.8 35.9-78.4
Other Minorities 28 2 2.1 0.4-10.8 2 12.8 2.7-43.8 3 10.3 2.3-35.4 21 74.8 48.2-90.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 30 3 6.0 1.7-19.1 1 3.0 0.4-19.1 3 11.6 3.2-34.5 23 79.3 57.9-91.4
-English Speaking 26 3 7.2 2.0-22.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 13.9 3.8-40.0 20 78.9 54.5-92.1
-Spanish Speaking 4 0 0.0 . - . 1 18.5 2.3-68.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 81.5 31.4-97.7
Non-Hispanic 1,088 148 13.3 10.5-16.7 69 7.5 5.3-10.4 114 7.7 6.0- 9.9 757 71.5 67.2-75.4
AGE
18-24 47 2 4.5 0.8-22.2 4 6.8 2.0-20.6 3 2.7 0.8- 8.7 38 86.1 70.4-94.1
25-34 100 17 20.6 11.9-33.2 8 4.1 1.9- 8.7 4 2.2 0.6- 8.1 71 73.1 60.6-82.8
35-44 166 25 12.2 8.0-18.2 8 7.3 3.3-15.4 14 9.9 5.3-17.9 119 70.6 61.5-78.4
45-54 227 44 18.0 12.6-24.9 17 11.1 5.6-20.7 26 9.4 5.9-14.6 140 61.6 52.7-69.8
55-64 259 30 13.0 8.1-20.1 18 8.8 4.9-15.4 44 15.3 10.8-21.3 167 62.9 54.8-70.3
65-74 199 23 12.0 7.2-19.5 11 8.2 3.5-18.0 19 9.3 5.4-15.4 146 70.4 61.0-78.4
75+ 120 9 5.9 2.9-11.7 4 3.2 1.1- 8.6 6 7.7 2.2-23.4 101 83.2 71.0-90.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 244 29 12.9 7.2-22.0 16 7.6 3.8-14.5 25 5.7 3.4- 9.4 174 73.8 63.8-81.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 367 45 9.6 6.2-14.5 26 8.3 4.5-14.9 46 8.7 5.8-12.7 250 73.4 65.8-79.9
Some Post-H.S. 270 42 18.2 12.0-26.7 10 5.3 2.5-11.0 30 10.8 6.5-17.4 188 65.6 56.6-73.7
College Graduate 239 35 13.1 8.6-19.3 18 7.7 4.2-13.6 16 5.5 3.1- 9.6 170 73.7 66.2-80.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 223 25 11.2 6.3-19.0 14 7.7 3.6-15.8 44 15.0 9.7-22.4 140 66.2 55.6-75.3
$15,000- 24,999 229 36 14.8 9.2-22.9 17 10.1 5.0-19.6 19 7.2 3.8-13.4 157 67.9 57.5-76.7
$25,000- 34,999 109 19 16.8 8.5-30.7 5 6.0 1.6-19.6 10 9.4 4.8-17.6 75 67.8 54.3-78.9
$35,000- 49,999 139 17 12.5 7.2-21.0 10 7.4 3.6-14.7 14 10.3 5.3-19.2 98 69.7 58.6-79.0
$50,000-74,999 121 10 10.6 4.7-22.2 9 7.3 3.5-14.6 5 3.4 1.1- 9.7 97 78.8 67.3-87.0
$75,000+ 147 29 16.1 10.0-24.9 8 6.5 2.5-15.8 11 6.8 3.3-13.6 99 70.5 59.2-79.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 675 93 15.4 11.3-20.6 44 7.7 5.1-11.6 94 10.7 8.1-14.1 444 66.2 60.1-71.7
No 423 55 10.2 7.2-14.2 26 7.2 4.2-12.2 21 4.4 2.5- 7.4 321 78.2 72.2-83.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 111 16 14.3 7.6-25.0 4 1.9 0.7- 5.1 7 7.4 2.6-18.9 84 76.5 64.5-85.3
Non-Veteran 1,009 135 12.9 10.1-16.4 66 7.9 5.6-11.0 110 7.9 6.1-10.1 698 71.3 66.8-75.4

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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.

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