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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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
-Durham County 30 9 36.9 15.5-65.1 5 24.8 9.0-52.3 11 30.8 14.2-54.4 5 7.6 2.6-19.8
GENDER
Male 6 3 59.8 17.5-91.2 1 13.9 1.6-61.0 1 20.7 2.6-72.1 1 5.6 0.6-35.8
Female 24 6 21.5 8.4-44.7 4 32.1 11.3-63.8 10 37.5 18.2-61.8 4 8.9 2.8-24.8
RACE
White 18 5 25.5 9.8-51.8 3 28.1 8.4-62.5 8 43.4 19.6-70.7 2 3.1 0.7-13.0
Other 12 4 53.1 15.4-87.6 2 20.1 3.2-65.6 3 12.9 2.9-42.4 3 13.9 3.2-44.5
AGE
18-44 14 4 18.4 6.1-44.1 3 40.5 14.9-72.5 7 41.1 16.6-71.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 16 5 59.1 24.2-86.8 2 5.9 1.2-24.7 4 18.3 4.8-50.0 5 16.7 4.8-44.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 6 4 93.0 65.8-98.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.2 0.3-25.5 1 3.9 0.4-29.6
Some College + 24 5 13.3 4.6-32.8 5 35.2 14.3-63.9 10 42.4 20.9-67.2 4 9.1 2.9-25.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 18 4 16.2 4.9-41.9 3 33.3 10.1-68.9 8 41.2 16.6-71.1 3 9.3 2.5-28.9
$50,000+ 9 3 32.6 9.7-68.6 1 6.5 0.8-36.5 3 47.5 17.5-79.4 2 13.4 2.5-47.8

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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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