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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore Counties

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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 27 3 11.2 3.4-30.9 2 4.1 1.0-15.7 7 31.6 15.8-53.3 15 53.1 33.3-71.9
GENDER
Male 5 1 24.4 3.4-74.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 28.2 4.1-78.1 3 47.5 12.8-84.8
Female 22 2 7.6 1.8-27.2 2 5.3 1.3-19.5 6 32.5 15.2-56.5 12 54.6 32.6-74.9
RACE
White 22 3 14.8 4.6-38.7 2 5.5 1.3-20.2 5 27.2 11.5-51.7 12 52.5 30.9-73.3
Other 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 45.2 11.8-83.6 3 54.8 16.4-88.2
AGE
18-44 6 1 9.4 1.2-47.4 1 9.8 1.2-48.7 4 80.8 43.3-95.9 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 21 2 11.8 2.9-37.1 1 2.4 0.3-15.5 3 16.3 5.0-42.0 15 69.5 45.1-86.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 13 1 7.2 1.0-37.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 25.6 8.1-57.5 9 67.2 37.1-87.7
Some College + 14 2 15.7 3.6-48.3 2 8.8 2.1-30.6 4 38.3 15.7-67.5 6 37.1 16.2-64.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 16 1 6.7 0.9-35.5 1 3.2 0.4-20.2 4 32.6 12.7-61.6 10 57.5 31.2-80.2
$50,000+ 6 2 30.9 6.7-73.4 1 9.7 1.2-48.4 2 33.6 8.0-74.7 1 25.9 3.8-75.4

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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.

** 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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