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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 33 8 29.5 14.3-51.2 5 13.1 4.7-31.6 7 18.8 8.3-37.4 13 38.6 20.7-60.2
GENDER
Male 11 3 25.8 6.7-62.8 1 7.0 0.9-38.6 2 18.8 3.8-57.6 5 48.4 16.8-81.3
Female 22 5 32.0 13.5-58.6 4 17.0 5.3-42.9 5 18.8 7.5-39.9 8 32.2 15.6-54.9
RACE
White 28 5 18.1 7.0-39.3 4 13.4 4.2-35.6 6 20.5 8.4-42.1 13 48.0 26.9-69.8
Other 5 3 76.5 33.8-95.4 1 11.6 1.4-55.4 1 11.9 1.4-56.0 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 12 5 45.1 18.8-74.4 2 18.2 4.1-53.8 4 30.2 10.4-61.7 1 6.5 0.9-35.3
45+ 19 3 18.9 5.2-49.5 2 7.4 1.6-28.6 3 10.9 3.2-31.3 11 62.8 35.4-83.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 18 3 28.2 9.3-60.2 4 19.4 5.9-47.7 4 23.4 8.0-51.7 7 29.0 12.7-53.4
Some College + 15 5 31.0 11.3-61.2 1 5.9 0.8-33.4 3 13.6 3.9-37.8 6 49.5 21.2-78.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 26 5 18.9 7.2-41.4 4 14.2 4.3-37.9 6 21.7 8.8-44.5 11 45.1 23.3-69.0
$50,000+ 3 1 34.1 4.4-85.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 65.9 14.5-95.6

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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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