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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 35 10 34.7 16.1-59.7 6 19.7 8.1-40.8 8 19.7 8.8-38.4 11 25.8 12.6-45.7
GENDER
Male 5 3 71.1 23.2-95.2 1 19.2 2.2-72.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.7 1.0-52.3
Female 30 7 21.3 9.2-42.0 5 19.9 7.6-43.0 8 26.9 12.7-48.3 10 31.8 15.8-53.6
RACE
White 21 6 26.3 10.9-51.0 5 29.1 11.7-55.9 4 19.6 6.8-44.8 6 25.1 10.0-50.2
Other 14 4 47.8 14.7-82.9 1 5.4 0.7-32.6 4 19.9 5.4-52.1 5 26.9 7.7-61.8
AGE
18-44 15 4 40.3 13.0-75.3 6 36.3 13.6-67.5 5 23.4 8.1-51.5 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 20 6 28.1 11.7-53.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.3 3.7-45.5 11 56.6 31.6-78.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 19 5 37.9 12.3-72.6 1 9.9 1.4-46.6 6 27.0 9.9-55.4 7 25.2 9.0-53.4
Some College + 16 5 30.2 12.2-57.5 5 33.9 13.6-62.4 2 9.2 2.0-33.8 4 26.7 9.6-55.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 28 8 25.0 11.4-46.4 5 27.2 11.5-51.7 7 21.2 9.3-41.4 8 26.6 11.9-49.4
$50,000+ 3 1 59.2 11.3-94.3 1 14.9 1.5-67.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 25.9 2.7-81.6

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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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