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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 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
-Piedmont NC 510 60 10.3 7.4-14.3 38 9.7 6.4-14.6 61 8.6 6.1-12.0 351 71.4 65.4-76.7
GENDER
Male 121 9 5.1 2.2-11.5 4 3.3 1.0-10.3 10 4.5 1.9-10.2 98 87.2 78.4-92.7
Female 389 51 13.5 9.5-18.9 34 13.7 8.9-20.6 51 11.1 7.8-15.7 253 61.6 54.6-68.2
RACE
White 405 43 9.1 6.1-13.3 30 9.8 5.9-15.8 47 8.9 6.1-12.9 285 72.2 65.3-78.2
African American 85 14 14.9 7.6-27.3 7 9.2 4.0-19.6 14 9.5 4.5-19.1 50 66.4 51.7-78.4
Other Minorities 19 2 5.2 0.9-24.8 1 11.6 1.7-50.4 0 0.0 . - . 16 83.1 50.6-96.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 2 5.0 1.1-20.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 13.8 2.8-47.7 13 81.2 50.5-94.8
Non-Hispanic 492 58 10.6 7.5-14.7 38 10.2 6.7-15.2 59 8.4 5.9-11.8 337 70.8 64.6-76.4
AGE
18-24 27 0 0.0 . - . 3 10.3 2.8-30.9 1 2.0 0.3-13.4 23 87.8 67.8-96.1
25-34 46 6 15.3 6.2-32.8 5 5.6 2.1-14.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.9 34 78.2 61.3-89.1
35-44 83 11 10.0 5.2-18.3 7 11.1 4.7-24.0 7 12.6 5.7-25.7 58 66.3 53.0-77.5
45-54 101 15 14.3 7.7-24.9 9 15.6 6.8-31.9 13 9.5 4.7-18.1 64 60.7 46.9-72.9
55-64 108 11 13.2 6.4-25.3 8 8.4 3.5-19.2 22 16.5 10.0-26.1 67 61.8 49.5-72.8
65-74 83 13 16.7 8.4-30.6 4 10.4 3.0-30.5 11 10.7 5.1-20.9 55 62.2 47.0-75.3
75+ 62 4 3.9 1.3-10.7 2 2.9 0.7-11.7 6 13.2 3.9-36.1 50 80.1 60.8-91.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 14 10.6 5.1-20.7 6 9.3 3.5-22.4 10 4.2 1.9- 9.2 79 75.9 62.8-85.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 154 14 5.8 2.9-11.0 14 11.7 5.4-23.5 26 10.1 5.8-17.0 100 72.5 60.2-82.1
Some Post-H.S. 114 16 14.6 7.6-26.1 6 7.6 3.1-17.7 13 11.5 5.5-22.4 79 66.3 53.2-77.3
College Graduate 133 16 12.4 6.9-21.4 12 9.4 4.6-18.2 12 7.4 3.9-13.6 93 70.8 60.4-79.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 8 12.3 4.9-27.7 5 8.9 2.7-25.8 21 17.3 9.0-30.7 48 61.5 44.3-76.3
$15,000- 24,999 94 13 11.5 5.5-22.5 9 14.7 5.8-32.5 8 8.2 3.0-20.5 64 65.5 48.5-79.3
$25,000- 34,999 47 8 11.3 5.0-23.8 3 12.1 2.7-40.4 2 3.3 0.8-12.6 34 73.3 52.8-87.1
$35,000- 49,999 57 8 10.0 4.3-21.7 8 12.9 5.7-26.5 7 11.6 4.8-25.4 34 65.6 48.0-79.7
$50,000-74,999 64 5 11.4 3.9-29.2 4 5.7 1.9-16.2 4 4.2 1.2-13.7 51 78.7 62.3-89.2
$75,000+ 88 13 12.8 6.5-23.8 6 8.1 2.9-20.5 9 8.2 3.7-17.3 60 70.8 56.4-82.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 291 34 11.6 7.4-17.6 22 10.7 6.3-17.7 48 12.9 8.7-18.6 187 64.8 56.4-72.4
No 205 25 9.3 5.5-15.3 16 9.2 4.7-17.4 12 4.2 2.0- 8.4 152 77.3 68.3-84.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 46 7 16.4 6.6-35.2 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 4 9.7 2.5-30.6 34 73.2 53.5-86.7
Non-Veteran 464 53 9.7 6.7-13.7 37 10.7 7.0-16.0 57 8.5 6.0-11.9 317 71.2 64.8-76.8

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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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