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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 see a doctor, nurse or other health professional
for a routine checkup for 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 1,126 289 27.7 23.5-32.4 130 10.9 8.6-13.7 208 14.3 11.9-17.1 499 47.1 42.4-51.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 33 9 31.8 14.6-56.0 8 23.7 10.4-45.6 6 13.1 5.2-29.4 10 31.4 15.6-53.1
Buncombe 24 13 50.4 27.6-73.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.5 2.5-25.3 8 41.1 19.8-66.4
Cabarrus 28 11 30.3 15.5-50.7 2 12.8 2.4-46.4 3 9.3 2.8-27.2 12 47.6 27.1-68.9
Catawba 35 3 9.0 2.8-25.3 9 22.7 11.2-40.6 5 13.7 5.2-31.2 18 54.6 36.0-72.1
Cumberland 36 10 37.7 17.4-63.5 4 6.1 2.1-16.3 7 15.9 6.7-33.3 15 40.4 22.0-61.9
Davidson 30 7 17.0 7.1-35.4 3 8.0 2.4-23.8 5 8.7 3.2-21.3 15 66.3 45.0-82.6
Durham 17 7 52.4 26.2-77.3 2 10.8 2.6-35.6 1 4.4 0.6-26.6 7 32.4 13.8-59.0
Forsyth 26 6 17.8 7.2-37.7 1 2.3 0.3-15.3 4 18.3 5.5-46.4 15 61.6 38.3-80.6
Gaston 27 5 30.1 10.2-62.1 5 16.3 5.9-37.5 4 19.3 5.2-50.9 13 34.3 16.7-57.6
Guilford 33 10 37.5 19.2-60.2 4 8.2 2.8-21.8 9 24.8 10.8-47.2 10 29.5 14.7-50.5
Iredell 17 6 41.2 15.0-73.6 1 5.0 0.7-29.6 3 8.8 2.2-29.3 7 45.0 18.2-75.1
Johnston 29 10 56.0 31.0-78.3 1 2.2 0.3-14.7 6 12.2 4.7-28.2 12 29.6 13.7-52.7
Mecklenburg 45 11 18.5 9.6-32.7 12 25.2 13.6-42.0 5 11.1 3.8-28.2 17 45.2 29.2-62.3
New Hanover 20 5 33.4 11.2-66.6 2 12.7 2.8-42.0 6 27.8 8.8-60.4 7 26.1 10.6-51.2
Onslow 28 11 41.8 21.8-64.9 3 7.6 2.3-22.1 5 14.7 5.0-36.2 9 35.9 17.3-59.9
Orange 20 8 32.7 10.6-66.4 1 5.1 0.7-30.7 2 4.3 0.9-18.0 9 57.9 25.6-84.6
Pitt 34 6 21.5 9.5-41.7 6 15.1 5.7-34.5 5 7.2 2.8-17.7 17 56.1 36.1-74.3
Randolph 29 5 19.1 7.0-42.5 4 12.7 3.5-36.9 8 24.5 10.9-46.2 12 43.7 24.4-65.2
Robeson 30 7 10.8 4.5-23.9 1 1.9 0.3-13.0 6 17.2 6.9-36.7 16 70.0 49.6-84.7
Rowan 25 5 14.9 5.4-35.1 1 3.5 0.5-21.9 4 11.5 3.6-31.2 15 70.1 47.1-86.0
Union 28 11 27.3 12.8-49.1 3 11.2 2.8-36.2 3 8.9 2.6-26.2 11 52.6 28.6-75.4
Wake 34 11 39.4 17.3-66.9 4 12.0 3.8-32.4 5 8.3 2.9-21.2 14 40.3 20.6-63.7
Wayne 28 6 22.1 7.1-51.1 4 12.3 3.9-32.6 6 23.1 9.2-47.1 12 42.5 20.9-67.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 364 90 26.1 19.9-33.4 34 8.9 5.3-14.5 78 17.0 12.8-22.1 162 48.0 40.4-55.8
Piedmont 509 134 28.2 22.0-35.3 68 12.3 8.9-16.6 82 12.6 9.4-16.6 225 46.9 40.1-53.9
Western NC 253 65 28.7 21.0-38.0 28 9.0 5.9-13.5 48 16.1 11.3-22.3 112 46.1 37.4-55.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 170 47 26.4 18.7-35.8 19 13.3 6.2-26.0 27 13.4 8.6-20.4 77 46.9 36.3-57.8
Northwest 225 45 19.5 12.5-29.0 27 9.5 5.6-15.7 41 13.6 8.7-20.9 112 57.4 46.4-67.7
Charlotte 147 43 27.1 18.3-38.2 25 18.2 11.6-27.5 21 13.9 8.2-22.7 58 40.7 30.3-52.0
Greensboro 137 37 31.9 21.6-44.2 19 12.6 6.6-22.7 27 15.3 9.0-24.7 54 40.3 29.3-52.3
Southern Regional 115 28 22.9 12.9-37.4 8 3.8 1.8- 7.9 25 18.3 11.1-28.7 54 55.0 41.2-68.1
Coastal 45 7 18.7 7.5-39.6 6 13.2 5.3-29.1 13 21.5 10.4-39.4 19 46.5 27.8-66.3
Wake 99 34 40.5 24.8-58.4 8 9.1 3.8-20.5 15 7.8 3.9-14.8 42 42.6 27.4-59.5
Area L 35 6 25.1 11.0-47.6 1 4.9 0.7-27.4 13 34.1 19.0-53.3 15 35.9 20.8-54.4
Eastern 153 42 28.8 20.4-39.0 17 8.5 4.8-14.4 26 12.9 8.1-19.9 68 49.8 38.7-60.9

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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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