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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 250 40 18.1 11.4-27.6 8 3.5 1.5- 7.9 18 7.0 3.8-12.8 184 71.3 62.0-79.2
GENDER
Male 80 8 12.7 4.8-29.8 3 4.4 1.2-15.1 3 6.3 1.7-21.1 66 76.5 60.0-87.7
Female 170 32 21.9 13.1-34.4 5 2.9 1.1- 7.5 15 7.5 4.1-13.6 118 67.7 56.0-77.5
RACE
White 235 38 18.9 11.8-28.9 8 3.8 1.6- 8.4 14 4.6 2.5- 8.2 175 72.7 63.1-80.6
African American 8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.4 0.6-27.7 7 95.6 72.3-99.4
Other Minorities 7 2 12.2 1.7-52.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 76.9 36.2-95.1 2 10.9 1.9-43.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 249 40 18.2 11.4-27.6 8 3.5 1.5- 7.9 18 7.0 3.8-12.8 183 71.3 61.9-79.1
AGE
18-24 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 41.4 6.0-88.6 2 58.6 11.4-94.0
25-34 20 5 29.0 10.4-59.0 2 3.8 0.8-15.7 2 6.8 1.1-33.0 11 60.4 33.4-82.2
35-44 32 7 23.6 11.1-43.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.5 1.8-15.4 21 71.0 51.8-84.7
45-54 49 8 14.0 6.0-29.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 5 10.7 4.2-24.8 35 74.5 58.4-85.9
55-64 64 11 14.0 7.2-25.4 2 7.8 1.5-32.3 3 3.8 1.2-11.7 48 74.4 58.3-85.8
65-74 55 7 11.2 5.1-22.7 2 4.6 1.1-16.9 2 5.9 1.4-22.0 44 78.3 63.3-88.3
75+ 26 2 7.6 1.9-26.1 1 6.0 0.9-32.3 0 0.0 . - . 23 86.4 64.6-95.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 56 6 16.1 7.1-32.5 2 7.8 1.8-28.4 6 14.3 6.0-30.1 42 61.8 44.9-76.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 90 15 21.3 9.5-41.1 6 5.4 2.2-12.9 4 1.9 0.7- 5.4 65 71.4 53.7-84.3
Some Post-H.S. 70 12 19.5 7.8-41.0 0 0.0 . - . 7 12.4 4.4-30.5 51 68.1 48.0-83.1
College Graduate 34 7 11.2 4.7-24.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 26 88.0 74.8-94.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 10 17.6 8.6-32.6 4 9.9 3.4-25.4 7 13.0 5.6-27.2 38 59.5 44.1-73.2
$15,000- 24,999 57 9 22.7 8.5-48.2 3 6.6 1.8-21.7 3 5.2 1.3-18.0 42 65.5 43.4-82.5
$25,000- 34,999 29 3 5.2 1.5-16.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.9 0.7-28.0 25 90.0 71.8-96.9
$35,000- 49,999 35 2 7.7 1.6-30.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 18.0 5.3-46.6 28 74.3 47.9-90.1
$50,000-74,999 20 1 3.4 0.5-21.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 19 96.6 78.8-99.5
$75,000+ 23 8 28.1 12.7-51.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 15 71.9 48.7-87.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 163 26 22.1 12.2-36.7 8 6.2 2.7-13.5 14 7.0 3.7-12.6 115 64.8 52.2-75.5
No 83 12 10.9 5.6-20.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 7.4 2.2-21.8 67 81.7 68.6-90.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 26 3 9.0 2.8-25.3 1 3.0 0.4-18.8 1 3.0 0.4-18.8 21 84.9 67.4-93.9
Non-Veteran 224 37 19.1 11.8-29.4 7 3.6 1.5- 8.4 17 7.5 3.9-13.8 163 69.9 59.7-78.4

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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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