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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 61 17 28.4 16.7-44.1 6 8.2 3.1-20.2 21 44.2 30.2-59.2 17 19.1 11.0-31.1
GENDER
Male 18 5 30.6 12.9-56.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5 5 40.6 18.6-67.1 7 27.9 11.9-52.6
Female 43 12 27.1 13.3-47.4 5 12.8 4.7-30.4 16 46.5 29.6-64.2 10 13.7 6.8-25.7
RACE
White 43 13 30.5 17.3-48.1 5 11.2 3.8-28.8 11 34.2 19.5-52.7 14 24.1 13.6-39.1
Other 16 4 27.5 8.2-61.8 1 3.6 0.5-22.6 8 57.1 28.4-81.7 3 11.8 2.5-41.5
AGE
18-44 31 12 37.1 20.5-57.5 4 10.7 3.5-28.3 15 52.3 33.1-70.8 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 30 5 10.9 4.3-25.2 2 3.4 0.7-14.2 6 28.0 12.8-50.8 17 57.6 37.2-75.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 13 3 14.4 4.1-40.0 1 8.1 1.1-41.2 4 51.9 23.5-79.2 5 25.6 8.9-54.8
Some College + 47 14 32.1 18.3-50.0 5 8.6 2.9-23.1 17 44.5 28.8-61.3 11 14.9 7.7-26.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 32 8 26.7 11.0-51.8 3 11.0 2.9-33.8 12 42.0 23.7-62.9 9 20.3 9.6-38.0
$50,000+ 23 8 34.4 16.5-58.1 3 7.2 1.8-24.5 7 46.6 24.9-69.6 5 11.8 4.4-28.3

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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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