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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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?*

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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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 127 7 3.1 1.2- 8.1 4 3.7 1.2-10.8 3 4.3 0.9-18.1 113 88.9 77.9-94.8
Female 393 37 10.6 7.2-15.4 20 6.2 3.6-10.5 17 5.6 2.9-10.5 319 77.6 71.3-82.8
RACE
White 411 34 6.9 4.5-10.5 14 3.5 1.7- 7.2 14 5.6 2.5-11.8 349 84.0 77.7-88.8
African American 89 7 6.9 3.0-14.9 9 10.5 5.0-20.5 6 4.7 1.4-15.1 67 77.9 65.5-86.8
Other Minorities 19 3 23.8 7.4-54.9 1 3.9 0.5-23.9 0 0.0 . - . 15 72.3 42.6-90.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 18 4 29.5 10.1-60.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.8 0.9-36.6 13 63.7 33.3-86.1
Non-Hispanic 501 39 6.4 4.3- 9.5 24 5.5 3.3- 8.9 19 5.0 2.5- 9.9 419 83.1 77.7-87.4
AGE
18-24 28 3 5.1 1.4-17.2 1 2.0 0.3-13.3 1 2.9 0.4-18.4 23 90.0 75.3-96.3
25-34 47 5 6.8 2.5-17.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 11.8 3.1-36.0 38 81.4 60.9-92.5
35-44 86 11 15.6 8.3-27.5 3 4.2 1.2-13.2 4 10.0 3.5-25.5 68 70.2 56.2-81.2
45-54 102 8 6.5 2.7-15.1 7 10.2 4.2-22.8 4 1.8 0.6- 5.5 83 81.5 69.2-89.6
55-64 109 8 7.2 2.6-18.3 7 10.3 4.4-22.2 4 3.3 1.2- 8.8 90 79.2 66.8-87.9
65-74 85 6 6.3 2.5-14.7 4 9.3 2.4-29.7 2 0.9 0.2- 4.2 73 83.5 67.1-92.6
75+ 63 3 4.0 1.2-12.0 2 1.4 0.3- 6.0 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 57 94.2 86.4-97.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 115 8 4.7 2.1-10.3 11 11.8 5.4-23.8 4 5.1 1.3-17.4 92 78.4 65.5-87.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 157 13 7.5 3.7-14.8 8 4.3 1.9- 9.4 7 7.5 2.4-21.0 129 80.7 68.7-88.8
Some Post-H.S. 114 13 10.8 5.4-20.3 2 3.3 0.8-12.4 5 4.8 1.5-13.9 94 81.1 69.7-88.9
College Graduate 134 10 8.0 3.8-15.8 3 2.4 0.6- 8.9 4 1.8 0.6- 4.9 117 87.9 79.6-93.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 84 9 9.1 3.9-19.8 9 12.6 4.9-28.9 6 18.0 5.8-44.1 60 60.3 41.3-76.5
$15,000- 24,999 96 8 8.3 3.3-19.1 6 8.4 3.2-20.5 3 2.2 0.6- 8.4 79 81.1 67.5-89.9
$25,000- 34,999 47 8 19.8 7.7-42.0 2 9.2 2.2-31.5 2 2.5 0.6-10.1 35 68.5 47.6-83.9
$35,000- 49,999 58 7 15.1 6.5-31.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 2 1.6 0.3- 8.2 48 82.9 67.0-92.1
$50,000-74,999 65 2 3.2 0.6-14.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 2 3.0 0.6-13.4 60 92.5 81.2-97.2
$75,000+ 88 8 7.7 3.3-16.9 1 1.6 0.2-10.7 2 3.6 0.7-15.4 77 87.1 75.5-93.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 298 34 10.6 6.9-16.0 18 7.6 4.2-13.3 15 7.6 3.4-16.1 231 74.2 65.7-81.1
No 207 9 4.4 2.0- 9.3 5 2.7 1.0- 7.0 4 2.1 0.6- 7.1 189 90.9 84.6-94.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 49 4 9.5 2.9-27.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 1 2.6 0.4-16.2 43 87.2 70.2-95.2
Non-Veteran 471 40 7.5 5.1-11.0 23 5.7 3.5- 9.3 19 5.3 2.7-10.5 389 81.4 75.6-86.1

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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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