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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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?*

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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%)
North Carolina 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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 35 2 4.7 0.9-20.9 2 4.8 1.2-17.8 2 4.2 0.8-18.3 29 86.3 69.9-94.5
Buncombe 24 2 5.8 1.4-21.7 1 3.4 0.5-21.1 0 0.0 . - . 21 90.7 73.5-97.2
Cabarrus 28 5 23.5 8.7-49.8 2 7.8 1.9-27.0 0 0.0 . - . 21 68.8 44.4-85.8
Catawba 35 1 4.5 0.6-25.7 1 1.1 0.2- 7.9 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9 32 92.9 76.4-98.2
Cumberland 36 4 12.2 4.2-30.5 1 2.5 0.3-16.0 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9 30 83.9 65.7-93.4
Davidson 31 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 31 100 . - .
Durham 17 1 2.2 0.3-15.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 16 97.8 84.9-99.7
Forsyth 27 3 11.7 3.7-31.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.4 0.3-15.8 23 85.8 66.5-94.9
Gaston 26 3 6.6 1.9-20.7 1 12.9 1.9-53.1 0 0.0 . - . 22 80.5 48.7-94.7
Guilford 35 3 5.5 1.3-20.8 1 4.4 0.6-25.6 1 8.6 1.3-41.2 30 81.5 57.0-93.6
Iredell 17 2 5.8 1.1-25.3 1 5.0 0.7-29.6 2 24.8 4.7-68.7 12 64.4 29.1-88.9
Johnston 31 3 15.8 4.6-42.5 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 0 0.0 . - . 27 83.0 57.0-94.7
Mecklenburg 45 6 9.6 3.8-22.5 3 6.7 2.1-19.3 1 1.8 0.2-11.7 35 81.9 67.4-90.8
New Hanover 20 1 1.9 0.2-13.0 1 2.9 0.4-19.1 0 0.0 . - . 18 95.2 80.8-98.9
Onslow 28 5 18.7 7.1-40.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 23 81.3 59.3-92.9
Orange 20 1 15.3 2.1-60.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.7 0.3-18.2 18 82.0 41.0-96.8
Pitt 35 3 12.5 3.6-35.5 2 7.1 1.4-30.0 1 1.0 0.1- 7.2 29 79.3 57.0-91.7
Randolph 30 3 15.3 4.7-40.1 2 2.7 0.6-10.6 1 9.7 1.4-44.5 24 72.3 47.0-88.5
Robeson 29 5 24.0 6.8-57.7 2 3.6 0.8-14.4 3 9.8 2.7-29.7 19 62.7 35.8-83.5
Rowan 26 1 4.3 0.6-25.5 2 4.8 1.0-19.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 22 89.8 71.8-96.8
Union 29 1 0.7 0.1- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.9 2.3-23.9 25 91.4 75.7-97.3
Wake 35 4 7.8 2.6-21.1 2 6.2 1.4-23.0 1 1.8 0.2-12.2 28 84.2 66.9-93.3
Wayne 31 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.9 0.7-18.2 2 7.8 1.8-27.7 27 88.3 69.2-96.2
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 371 37 12.0 6.9-19.8 21 6.5 3.0-13.5 22 6.2 3.3-11.5 291 75.3 66.4-82.5
Piedmont 520 44 7.7 5.3-11.1 24 5.2 3.2- 8.5 20 5.1 2.6- 9.7 432 82.0 76.6-86.3
Western NC 255 28 12.3 7.4-19.7 13 6.9 2.7-16.5 8 4.4 1.7-10.6 206 76.5 67.0-83.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 171 19 10.3 6.2-16.7 9 4.6 2.0- 9.9 6 2.9 1.0- 8.1 137 82.2 74.3-88.1
Northwest 231 18 8.3 4.3-15.1 10 6.1 2.3-15.1 8 8.7 3.1-22.0 195 77.0 65.1-85.7
Charlotte 147 15 7.5 4.0-13.8 10 8.8 4.5-16.7 5 3.3 1.2- 8.6 117 80.4 71.3-87.1
Greensboro 142 11 9.5 4.6-18.8 7 6.0 2.2-15.5 8 7.8 3.0-18.8 116 76.7 64.8-85.5
Southern Regional 114 15 21.3 9.8-40.3 6 3.3 1.2- 8.7 6 3.0 1.2- 7.1 87 72.4 55.4-84.7
Coastal 44 2 2.6 0.5-13.2 3 3.1 0.7-11.7 4 15.1 3.9-43.6 35 79.3 52.6-92.9
Wake 102 10 6.8 3.2-14.0 3 3.3 0.8-12.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 88 88.9 79.5-94.3
Area L 36 7 16.1 6.6-34.4 4 25.2 6.5-61.9 4 8.4 2.6-24.0 21 50.4 27.6-73.0
Eastern 159 12 8.1 4.3-14.9 6 3.2 1.3- 8.0 8 4.0 1.8- 8.6 133 84.6 76.9-90.1

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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.

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