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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Asthma

How old were you when you were first told by a doctor or other health professional that you had asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Under 11 11-19 20-39 40+
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,141 266 27.2 23.5-31.2 152 18.5 15.0-22.6 289 25.8 22.4-29.4 434 28.6 25.5-31.9
-Buncombe County 51 12 25.7 13.5-43.4 8 27.0 11.0-52.4 10 19.9 9.8-36.4 21 27.4 16.3-42.3
GENDER
Male 14 5 25.4 8.0-57.2 2 36.4 8.2-78.7 2 17.8 3.9-53.6 5 20.3 6.5-48.4
Female 37 7 25.8 11.8-47.6 6 20.5 9.1-39.9 8 21.4 10.3-39.1 16 32.3 19.2-49.0
RACE
White 41 10 25.1 12.1-44.8 5 27.0 9.0-58.0 8 18.5 8.5-35.8 18 29.4 16.3-47.1
Other 10 2 28.0 6.2-69.4 3 26.9 7.5-62.7 2 25.3 4.9-69.0 3 19.8 5.6-50.7
AGE
18-44 20 5 25.6 9.7-52.5 5 37.9 13.6-70.3 7 29.9 12.5-56.1 3 6.6 1.9-20.4
45+ 31 7 25.8 11.5-48.1 3 11.6 3.5-32.3 3 5.9 1.8-17.4 18 56.7 36.9-74.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 25 5 21.6 7.4-48.7 4 36.4 12.1-70.4 7 23.3 8.8-48.9 9 18.7 8.0-37.7
Some College + 26 7 30.9 14.6-53.9 4 15.0 5.3-35.6 3 15.6 5.2-38.7 12 38.6 21.5-59.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 32 8 34.4 17.3-56.8 5 17.1 6.7-37.3 7 23.6 10.2-45.7 12 24.9 13.1-42.2
$50,000+ 13 3 17.5 5.3-44.7 1 8.1 1.1-40.6 2 22.1 5.8-56.5 7 52.3 26.2-77.2

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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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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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