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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 40 7 20.8 7.3-46.6 5 29.6 10.9-59.1 10 16.3 7.4-32.3 18 33.2 18.1-52.9
GENDER
Male 11 2 26.6 5.2-70.3 3 46.1 13.6-82.2 2 11.0 2.1-41.4 4 16.3 4.4-45.1
Female 29 5 15.1 5.6-34.9 2 13.4 2.9-44.6 8 21.6 9.9-40.8 14 49.9 30.1-69.8
RACE
White 33 7 23.8 8.3-51.8 5 33.9 12.7-64.4 7 13.3 5.1-30.4 14 29.0 14.3-50.0
Other 7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 37.4 10.6-75.0 4 62.6 25.0-89.4
AGE
18-44 14 2 22.5 3.9-67.7 4 50.4 17.4-83.0 7 25.2 8.2-55.8 1 2.0 0.2-14.4
45+ 26 5 19.0 7.3-41.0 1 6.8 1.0-35.3 3 6.6 2.1-19.3 17 67.6 45.8-83.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 16 3 27.0 6.2-67.2 1 29.3 4.9-76.7 2 7.4 1.6-28.9 10 36.3 13.5-67.6
Some College + 24 4 13.5 4.3-35.4 4 30.0 11.8-58.1 8 26.8 11.8-50.2 8 29.6 13.8-52.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 24 4 32.8 11.1-65.6 2 12.4 2.5-43.6 5 14.9 5.3-35.7 13 39.9 19.5-64.4
$50,000+ 9 1 7.2 0.9-38.9 1 19.8 2.9-67.1 5 50.2 18.7-81.6 2 22.8 5.4-60.3

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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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