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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Asthma Management

An asthma management plan is a printed form that tells when to change the amount or type of
medicine, when to call the doctor for advice, and when to go to the emergency room.

Has a doctor or other health professional ever given you
an asthma management plan?

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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
-Piedmont NC 500 151 27.2 22.1-33.0 349 72.8 67.0-77.9
GENDER
Male 123 33 20.8 13.0-31.6 90 79.2 68.4-87.0
Female 377 118 31.3 25.4-37.9 259 68.7 62.1-74.6
RACE
White 397 117 27.9 22.0-34.6 280 72.1 65.4-78.0
African American 83 29 26.5 15.9-40.8 54 73.5 59.2-84.1
Other Minorities 19 4 19.3 6.2-46.4 15 80.7 53.6-93.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 2 4.3 0.9-17.7 14 95.7 82.3-99.1
Non-Hispanic 483 148 27.6 22.3-33.6 335 72.4 66.4-77.7
AGE
18-24 28 6 16.8 6.6-36.9 22 83.2 63.1-93.4
25-34 45 11 21.9 11.1-38.9 34 78.1 61.1-88.9
35-44 81 26 37.7 26.0-51.0 55 62.3 49.0-74.0
45-54 100 41 34.5 23.7-47.1 59 65.5 52.9-76.3
55-64 107 32 33.9 23.1-46.7 75 66.1 53.3-76.9
65-74 79 22 20.7 12.4-32.3 57 79.3 67.7-87.6
75+ 60 13 19.7 10.4-34.2 47 80.3 65.8-89.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 104 26 23.4 14.0-36.4 78 76.6 63.6-86.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 153 46 23.7 15.1-35.3 107 76.3 64.7-84.9
Some Post-H.S. 113 39 30.9 21.0-42.8 74 69.1 57.2-79.0
College Graduate 130 40 32.0 22.7-42.8 90 68.0 57.2-77.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 78 20 25.0 13.9-40.8 58 75.0 59.2-86.1
$15,000- 24,999 95 32 25.8 15.6-39.4 63 74.2 60.6-84.4
$25,000- 34,999 46 15 28.8 15.2-47.8 31 71.2 52.2-84.8
$35,000- 49,999 55 20 29.8 16.5-47.7 35 70.2 52.3-83.5
$50,000-74,999 64 23 35.2 21.8-51.3 41 64.8 48.7-78.2
$75,000+ 88 25 22.2 12.9-35.4 63 77.8 64.6-87.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 284 77 24.5 18.4-31.9 207 75.5 68.1-81.6
No 206 70 30.4 22.2-40.2 136 69.6 59.8-77.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 47 17 36.5 21.5-54.7 30 63.5 45.3-78.5
Non-Veteran 453 134 26.2 20.9-32.3 319 73.8 67.7-79.1

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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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