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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Asthma Management

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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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 33 11 24.1 12.0-42.5 22 75.9 57.5-88.0
Buncombe 23 5 13.7 4.8-33.0 18 86.3 67.0-95.2
Cabarrus 27 8 22.7 10.2-43.2 19 77.3 56.8-89.8
Catawba 34 7 17.5 7.9-34.3 27 82.5 65.7-92.1
Cumberland 34 5 14.3 5.3-32.9 29 85.7 67.1-94.7
Davidson 30 7 21.2 9.1-41.9 23 78.8 58.1-90.9
Durham 17 8 45.6 20.8-72.9 9 54.4 27.1-79.2
Forsyth 25 7 24.9 10.8-47.6 18 75.1 52.4-89.2
Gaston 25 6 40.2 16.5-69.6 19 59.8 30.4-83.5
Guilford 33 10 22.8 10.8-42.0 23 77.2 58.0-89.2
Iredell 17 5 37.8 12.6-71.9 12 62.2 28.1-87.4
Johnston 30 8 23.4 9.5-47.2 22 76.6 52.8-90.5
Mecklenburg 45 14 32.8 18.9-50.5 31 67.2 49.5-81.1
New Hanover 20 3 7.1 2.0-22.4 17 92.9 77.6-98.0
Onslow 27 7 23.2 10.0-45.2 20 76.8 54.8-90.0
Orange 20 4 7.0 2.1-20.9 16 93.0 79.1-97.9
Pitt 35 10 33.6 16.5-56.2 25 66.4 43.8-83.5
Randolph 27 10 45.6 24.7-68.2 17 54.4 31.8-75.3
Robeson 27 13 51.7 28.1-74.5 14 48.3 25.5-71.9
Rowan 24 7 23.7 9.9-46.6 17 76.3 53.4-90.1
Union 27 11 42.3 18.2-70.7 16 57.7 29.3-81.8
Wake 34 11 24.2 10.6-46.3 23 75.8 53.7-89.4
Wayne 27 10 44.9 22.9-69.1 17 55.1 30.9-77.1
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 358 115 31.7 24.5-40.0 243 68.3 60.0-75.5
Piedmont 500 151 27.2 22.1-33.0 349 72.8 67.0-77.9
Western NC 248 89 36.4 28.2-45.4 159 63.6 54.6-71.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 166 59 34.1 24.6-45.1 107 65.9 54.9-75.4
Northwest 223 64 25.6 18.2-34.7 159 74.4 65.3-81.8
Charlotte 143 45 30.8 21.7-41.6 98 69.2 58.4-78.3
Greensboro 134 44 28.1 19.2-39.1 90 71.9 60.9-80.8
Southern Regional 108 39 30.5 20.1-43.2 69 69.5 56.8-79.9
Coastal 45 9 18.8 6.1-45.0 36 81.2 55.0-93.9
Wake 99 33 27.8 16.9-42.3 66 72.2 57.7-83.1
Area L 35 15 62.7 41.1-80.1 20 37.3 19.9-58.9
Eastern 153 47 31.4 22.6-41.8 106 68.6 58.2-77.4

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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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