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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 248 89 36.4 28.2-45.4 159 63.6 54.6-71.8
GENDER
Male 78 22 31.3 18.2-48.2 56 68.7 51.8-81.8
Female 170 67 39.9 30.1-50.6 103 60.1 49.4-69.9
RACE
White 234 84 35.3 27.0-44.6 150 64.7 55.4-73.0
African American 8 2 20.6 4.7-57.8 6 79.4 42.2-95.3
Other Minorities 6 3 82.2 41.5-96.8 3 17.8 3.2-58.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 247 89 36.5 28.3-45.6 158 63.5 54.4-71.7
AGE
18-24 3 2 70.4 17.6-96.4 1 29.6 3.6-82.4
25-34 20 7 39.0 17.5-65.8 13 61.0 34.2-82.5
35-44 31 16 44.0 26.3-63.3 15 56.0 36.7-73.7
45-54 49 16 30.9 18.5-47.0 33 69.1 53.0-81.5
55-64 63 30 48.3 34.1-62.7 33 51.7 37.3-65.9
65-74 55 11 16.8 9.0-29.1 44 83.2 70.9-91.0
75+ 27 7 29.8 14.5-51.4 20 70.2 48.6-85.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 57 15 35.6 21.7-52.5 42 64.4 47.5-78.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 90 36 35.0 22.5-50.0 54 65.0 50.0-77.5
Some Post-H.S. 68 26 46.4 28.8-65.1 42 53.6 34.9-71.2
College Graduate 33 12 23.9 12.1-41.8 21 76.1 58.2-87.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 21 32.1 20.2-47.0 38 67.9 53.0-79.8
$15,000- 24,999 57 18 39.5 21.9-60.4 39 60.5 39.6-78.1
$25,000- 34,999 28 10 39.5 18.1-65.9 18 60.5 34.1-81.9
$35,000- 49,999 34 14 38.9 19.6-62.4 20 61.1 37.6-80.4
$50,000-74,999 19 9 49.5 25.9-73.3 10 50.5 26.7-74.1
$75,000+ 24 10 33.9 16.7-56.8 14 66.1 43.2-83.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 161 59 31.6 23.2-41.4 102 68.4 58.6-76.8
No 84 29 42.0 27.7-57.8 55 58.0 42.2-72.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 25 4 10.5 3.7-26.6 21 89.5 73.4-96.3
Non-Veteran 223 85 39.1 30.2-48.9 138 60.9 51.1-69.8

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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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