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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 279 89 36.1 28.4-44.5 34 16.8 10.6-25.6 55 22.3 16.2-30.0 101 24.8 19.4-31.1
Female 862 177 22.5 18.9-26.7 118 19.4 15.5-24.0 234 27.5 23.8-31.6 333 30.5 27.0-34.3
RACE
White 859 189 25.7 21.7-30.2 115 19.1 15.0-23.9 213 25.3 21.4-29.5 342 30.0 26.4-33.9
African American 215 57 33.2 24.2-43.7 27 13.9 8.4-22.3 53 25.9 18.8-34.5 78 26.9 20.4-34.5
Asian 4 1 22.9 2.6-76.8 1 52.3 10.0-91.5 2 24.8 4.1-71.6 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 28 8 26.8 12.7-47.9 2 4.3 0.9-18.0 9 22.5 10.4-42.0 9 46.4 26.1-68.0
Other Minorities 29 10 29.0 14.0-50.7 6 33.7 13.1-63.0 9 31.5 14.5-55.7 4 5.8 1.8-16.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 7 32.5 13.9-59.0 4 16.4 5.7-38.8 9 27.3 12.3-50.2 8 23.8 10.8-44.7
-English Speaking 19 5 39.4 15.0-70.7 1 2.4 0.3-16.1 6 29.9 10.9-59.9 7 28.2 11.3-54.8
-Spanish Speaking 9 2 17.6 4.1-51.3 3 46.4 17.2-78.2 3 21.7 6.3-53.2 1 14.3 2.0-57.7
Non-Hispanic 1,109 259 27.2 23.5-31.2 148 18.6 15.1-22.8 278 25.6 22.2-29.3 424 28.6 25.5-31.9
AGE
18-24 63 29 37.1 23.8-52.8 27 52.4 36.8-67.5 6 10.0 3.5-25.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
25-34 146 54 37.4 27.7-48.2 39 21.6 15.0-30.1 52 40.7 30.9-51.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
35-44 211 54 26.9 20.1-35.0 34 16.2 11.1-22.9 108 48.4 40.2-56.6 15 8.5 4.5-15.5
45-54 245 49 24.5 17.7-32.9 17 7.5 4.3-12.6 70 23.6 17.9-30.4 109 44.5 36.9-52.3
55-64 206 40 21.4 14.9-29.8 13 6.1 3.4-10.9 22 11.3 6.7-18.2 131 61.2 52.6-69.2
65-74 160 24 13.9 8.9-21.2 12 5.9 3.1-10.9 18 11.5 7.0-18.3 106 68.7 60.0-76.2
75+ 105 15 13.4 7.4-23.1 9 9.8 4.3-20.9 12 8.8 4.5-16.2 69 68.0 56.3-77.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 228 46 23.8 15.7-34.4 24 20.6 11.8-33.5 52 20.2 14.0-28.3 106 35.4 27.1-44.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 321 69 29.1 22.1-37.3 38 18.1 11.7-26.9 79 22.9 17.4-29.6 135 29.9 24.2-36.2
Some Post-H.S. 279 69 24.9 19.0-32.0 43 16.1 11.4-22.2 73 31.5 24.3-39.7 94 27.5 21.8-34.1
College Graduate 311 82 30.0 23.3-37.6 47 19.7 14.1-26.9 85 28.1 22.1-35.1 97 22.2 17.6-27.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 231 44 18.7 12.9-26.2 29 17.8 10.6-28.5 61 30.8 23.1-39.6 97 32.7 25.6-40.8
$15,000- 24,999 229 50 27.5 19.5-37.3 26 16.5 10.2-25.4 56 22.3 16.0-30.2 97 33.8 26.4-41.9
$25,000- 34,999 137 34 27.7 17.6-40.7 23 22.9 14.4-34.5 27 23.1 14.3-35.0 53 26.3 18.9-35.5
$35,000- 49,999 138 34 32.0 22.5-43.2 20 15.0 9.2-23.5 39 25.9 18.2-35.3 45 27.2 19.6-36.4
$50,000-74,999 108 36 35.6 25.1-47.8 12 8.5 4.4-15.8 32 34.3 23.0-47.7 28 21.5 14.2-31.3
$75,000+ 127 33 25.5 17.6-35.4 16 13.9 8.0-23.1 38 36.8 26.4-48.6 40 23.8 16.9-32.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 650 140 26.3 21.3-32.0 74 16.0 11.7-21.6 164 24.9 20.6-29.7 272 32.8 28.3-37.6
No 472 120 28.7 23.3-34.7 75 19.8 14.7-26.0 122 27.6 22.4-33.5 155 23.9 19.8-28.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 100 23 19.6 12.0-30.4 7 7.6 3.2-17.0 14 22.5 12.7-36.8 56 50.3 37.9-62.6
Non-Veteran 1,039 243 27.9 24.0-32.2 145 19.5 15.8-23.9 275 26.1 22.6-29.9 376 26.5 23.4-29.8

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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.

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