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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Asthma Management-MALES

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 1,244 392 31.7 28.0-35.7 852 68.3 64.3-72.0
-MALES 318 85 21.3 16.2-27.5 233 78.7 72.5-83.8
RACE
White 253 65 21.2 15.4-28.4 188 78.8 71.6-84.6
African American 47 16 21.3 11.7-35.6 31 78.7 64.4-88.3
Other Minorities 18 4 22.3 6.1-55.9 14 77.7 44.1-93.9
AGE
18-24 12 1 5.7 0.7-32.6 11 94.3 67.4-99.3
25-34 27 2 6.8 1.6-24.0 25 93.2 76.0-98.4
35-44 45 15 34.6 20.3-52.4 30 65.4 47.6-79.7
45-54 74 23 29.9 19.5-42.9 51 70.1 57.1-80.5
55-64 83 24 20.7 13.3-30.8 59 79.3 69.2-86.7
65-74 42 12 28.0 15.5-45.2 30 72.0 54.8-84.5
75+ 34 8 30.6 14.7-53.0 26 69.4 47.0-85.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 75 13 12.4 6.3-22.8 62 87.6 77.2-93.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 95 31 24.9 14.9-38.5 64 75.1 61.5-85.1
Some Post-H.S. 74 26 30.5 19.4-44.5 48 69.5 55.5-80.6
College Graduate 74 15 12.9 6.8-23.1 59 87.1 76.9-93.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 12 19.4 8.9-37.1 47 80.6 62.9-91.1
$15,000- 24,999 63 19 26.1 14.1-43.3 44 73.9 56.7-85.9
$25,000- 34,999 31 11 33.9 17.4-55.4 20 66.1 44.6-82.6
$35,000- 49,999 43 15 32.9 18.4-51.5 28 67.1 48.5-81.6
$50,000-74,999 42 12 30.9 16.6-50.1 30 69.1 49.9-83.4
$75,000+ 54 13 9.5 4.5-19.1 41 90.5 80.9-95.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 200 48 20.3 13.8-28.6 152 79.7 71.4-86.2
No 118 37 22.5 14.9-32.6 81 77.5 67.4-85.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 111 34 29.6 20.1-41.3 77 70.4 58.7-79.9
Non-Veteran 206 51 18.6 12.9-26.1 155 81.4 73.9-87.1

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*These data apply only to those with current asthma.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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