SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Adult Asthma History

During the past 12 months, how many times did you visit an emergency room
or urgent care center because of your asthma?*

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%)
TOTAL 1,146 109 9.6 7.3-12.5 58 5.8 4.0- 8.5 50 5.3 3.4- 8.1 929 79.3 75.2-82.8
GENDER
Male 292 26 8.0 4.3-14.5 7 3.9 1.4-10.2 10 5.2 2.1-12.0 249 82.9 74.4-89.0
Female 854 83 10.7 8.2-13.8 51 7.2 4.9-10.3 40 5.4 3.5- 8.3 680 76.8 72.5-80.6
RACE
White 885 80 8.1 6.1-10.8 38 4.5 2.8- 7.2 29 5.1 2.9- 8.8 738 82.3 77.9-86.0
African American 196 21 12.3 6.4-22.4 16 10.8 5.5-20.0 15 5.0 2.2-10.7 144 71.9 60.9-80.8
Asian 4 1 11.7 1.2-58.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 19.4 2.1-73.1 2 68.9 20.2-95.1
Native American 31 3 6.9 1.4-27.9 4 8.4 2.0-28.8 3 10.2 2.4-34.0 21 74.5 51.5-89.0
Other Minorities 29 4 23.6 8.6-50.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.6 1.2-35.9 23 68.8 42.8-86.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 32 8 32.2 15.4-55.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.9 1.6-25.2 22 60.9 38.3-79.5
-English Speaking 28 7 33.2 14.8-58.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.2 1.9-29.1 19 58.7 34.0-79.6
-Spanish Speaking 4 1 26.8 3.6-78.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 73.2 22.0-96.4
Non-Hispanic 1,112 100 8.6 6.4-11.4 58 6.1 4.1- 8.8 48 5.3 3.3- 8.2 906 80.1 76.0-83.7
AGE
18-24 49 9 11.4 4.3-26.6 3 5.6 1.3-20.9 3 2.9 0.7-11.1 34 80.1 63.5-90.3
25-34 102 12 8.3 4.1-16.3 5 4.9 1.5-14.9 9 11.2 4.5-25.3 76 75.5 62.2-85.3
35-44 169 18 12.9 7.7-20.6 4 2.8 0.9- 8.1 9 8.6 3.9-17.8 138 75.7 66.1-83.3
45-54 229 26 10.6 6.7-16.3 15 8.3 4.3-15.6 9 2.7 1.3- 5.4 179 78.4 70.7-84.6
55-64 266 18 7.8 4.1-14.3 18 9.3 5.2-16.0 10 3.5 1.7- 6.9 220 79.5 71.7-85.5
65-74 204 17 7.7 4.5-12.7 8 6.1 2.1-16.5 5 2.1 0.7- 6.1 174 84.2 75.5-90.2
75+ 125 8 5.0 2.3-10.4 5 2.1 0.8- 5.2 4 3.5 1.1-11.0 108 89.4 82.1-94.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 261 27 11.3 5.8-20.9 27 12.4 6.8-21.6 13 5.5 2.5-11.4 194 70.9 60.0-79.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 373 36 8.5 5.5-13.0 18 5.4 2.8-10.1 16 5.7 2.4-12.9 303 80.4 73.0-86.2
Some Post-H.S. 270 30 12.1 7.6-18.8 9 3.5 1.5- 8.1 13 7.5 3.5-15.2 218 76.9 68.4-83.6
College Graduate 242 16 6.7 3.7-12.0 4 1.7 0.5- 5.7 8 2.1 1.0- 4.3 214 89.4 83.8-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 232 30 17.0 8.6-30.8 24 11.0 6.0-19.4 17 12.7 5.4-27.2 161 59.2 46.7-70.6
$15,000- 24,999 236 28 11.2 6.9-17.5 16 9.4 4.7-17.9 8 3.2 1.4- 7.1 184 76.2 67.1-83.4
$25,000- 34,999 109 15 14.9 7.9-26.3 2 3.8 0.9-14.9 6 9.4 2.9-26.5 86 72.0 57.7-82.9
$35,000- 49,999 141 13 11.2 5.8-20.3 2 0.6 0.1- 3.0 6 4.3 1.4-12.4 120 83.9 73.8-90.6
$50,000-74,999 122 6 5.3 2.1-12.4 3 2.6 0.8- 8.0 5 3.4 1.2- 9.5 108 88.7 80.4-93.7
$75,000+ 148 9 6.2 2.8-13.1 4 2.1 0.6- 7.1 3 3.0 0.7-11.4 132 88.7 80.0-93.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 694 80 12.5 8.9-17.2 46 8.6 5.6-13.2 39 7.2 4.3-12.0 529 71.6 65.3-77.1
No 427 28 6.0 3.9- 9.3 11 2.4 1.2- 4.9 9 2.7 1.2- 5.8 379 88.9 84.5-92.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 114 11 9.7 4.5-19.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 3 2.9 0.8- 9.4 98 86.5 76.6-92.6
Non-Veteran 1,032 98 9.6 7.2-12.7 56 6.4 4.3- 9.3 47 5.6 3.5- 8.7 831 78.5 74.0-82.3

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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 29MAY08.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook