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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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 627 102 17.7 13.8-22.4 82 12.1 9.2-15.8 88 15.8 11.8-20.8 355 54.4 48.6-60.0
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 17 4 33.0 11.9-64.3 2 4.4 1.0-17.7 1 3.5 0.5-22.4 10 59.1 29.7-83.2
Buncombe 16 1 5.1 0.7-29.4 2 17.5 4.4-49.6 2 7.5 1.7-27.3 11 69.8 41.7-88.2
Cabarrus 16 4 32.2 11.3-63.7 2 8.0 1.7-29.9 0 0.0 . - . 10 59.9 30.7-83.4
Catawba 21 6 34.4 14.0-62.8 2 14.8 2.9-50.2 3 10.9 3.1-31.8 10 39.9 19.3-64.9
Cumberland 27 6 30.2 8.8-66.0 2 5.7 1.3-22.2 2 7.3 1.2-33.2 17 56.8 28.6-81.2
Davidson 15 4 33.3 12.4-63.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 29.2 11.2-57.3 6 37.5 16.5-64.5
Durham 18 2 14.5 3.6-43.8 3 16.6 5.1-42.3 1 8.2 1.2-40.6 12 60.7 35.0-81.5
Forsyth 11 1 8.3 1.1-42.1 2 27.7 7.1-65.7 2 10.3 1.9-41.0 6 53.6 23.2-81.6
Gaston 18 2 19.2 5.0-51.8 6 38.0 16.5-65.5 1 1.7 0.2-11.8 9 41.1 19.9-66.3
Guilford 14 5 43.7 18.3-72.9 2 12.6 2.4-46.2 2 10.7 2.4-36.5 5 33.0 12.9-62.1
Iredell 16 3 21.4 6.7-50.7 2 11.7 2.4-41.5 3 14.6 4.1-40.6 8 52.3 27.3-76.2
Johnston 15 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.1 0.4-28.9 2 57.9 16.9-90.3 12 38.0 9.0-79.2
Mecklenburg 26 5 24.7 9.7-50.1 4 10.0 3.5-25.5 4 24.8 9.0-52.4 13 40.5 22.0-62.1
New Hanover 14 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.1 0.5-25.2 2 12.5 2.5-44.5 11 83.4 53.7-95.6
Onslow 17 5 40.3 14.3-73.2 2 9.9 1.9-39.1 1 7.4 1.0-38.8 9 42.4 18.2-70.8
Orange 15 1 9.5 1.3-45.2 2 13.1 3.1-41.4 2 9.2 2.1-32.0 10 68.2 39.4-87.6
Pitt 11 3 35.2 12.0-68.3 2 20.5 4.9-56.1 3 27.0 8.6-59.0 3 17.4 5.0-45.6
Randolph 18 5 19.7 6.4-47.0 1 8.8 1.2-43.3 1 1.9 0.2-13.4 11 69.5 40.6-88.4
Robeson 19 2 13.6 3.4-41.5 3 22.7 6.5-55.3 5 17.6 6.7-38.8 9 46.2 23.1-71.1
Rowan 16 3 31.9 8.9-69.3 1 3.3 0.4-21.1 3 13.6 4.0-37.5 9 51.2 23.3-78.3
Union 12 1 7.8 1.0-40.1 2 21.2 4.7-59.5 2 9.7 2.0-36.2 7 61.3 30.1-85.3
Wake 8 2 16.7 3.7-50.8 1 23.4 3.5-71.7 1 17.1 2.4-63.3 4 42.9 14.3-77.2
Wayne 15 1 4.0 0.5-24.7 2 14.2 3.4-43.9 4 27.5 9.4-58.1 8 54.3 26.6-79.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 215 35 19.3 12.0-29.6 27 8.5 5.5-13.0 37 22.8 14.9-33.2 116 49.4 39.8-58.9
Piedmont 283 50 17.8 12.8-24.3 36 12.8 8.4-18.8 38 14.1 9.1-21.2 159 55.4 46.8-63.6
Western NC 129 17 14.1 7.9-23.7 19 17.4 10.0-28.5 13 7.1 3.4-14.1 80 61.5 50.3-71.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 84 12 11.8 6.0-21.9 13 15.9 8.6-27.6 8 7.7 3.0-18.2 51 64.7 51.6-75.8
Northwest 132 22 19.0 11.8-29.2 14 16.2 8.4-28.9 21 9.8 6.0-15.9 75 55.0 43.5-66.0
Charlotte 84 12 16.9 8.8-30.2 14 12.8 6.9-22.5 11 24.3 12.7-41.7 47 45.9 32.9-59.5
Greensboro 69 15 25.6 14.5-41.2 8 9.8 4.3-20.8 7 7.4 3.1-16.6 39 57.3 41.9-71.4
Southern Regional 79 18 26.4 13.2-46.0 8 6.5 2.8-14.2 13 16.4 7.4-32.6 40 50.6 35.0-66.1
Coastal 26 2 10.4 2.6-33.5 3 13.5 4.0-36.7 3 9.0 2.5-27.6 18 67.1 44.7-83.8
Wake 52 6 11.9 4.6-27.2 7 13.4 5.1-30.7 4 13.2 4.0-35.9 35 61.5 39.7-79.5
Area L 14 1 8.3 1.1-41.4 1 3.6 0.5-22.5 4 36.0 12.9-68.0 8 52.2 24.5-78.6
Eastern 87 14 16.7 8.5-30.0 14 10.3 5.7-18.0 17 26.2 14.7-42.3 42 46.8 33.1-61.1

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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.

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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