BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (How old were you when you were first told by a doctor or other health professional that you had asthma?*)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Under 11	11-19	20-39	40+
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
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	22	5	27.1	10.8-53.3	1	9.2	1.3-43.3	9	35.0	17.0-58.7	7	28.7	12.6-53.0
Buncombe	51	12	25.7	13.5-43.4	8	27.0	11.0-52.4	10	19.9	9.8-36.4	21	27.4	16.3-42.3
Cabarrus	31	4	33.1	11.5-65.5	5	9.6	3.4-24.2	6	22.1	7.3-50.6	16	35.1	16.8-59.3
Catawba	34	9	45.4	25.7-66.6	4	11.8	3.8-31.0	5	9.4	3.6-22.1	16	33.4	18.7-52.2
Cumberland	37	9	25.7	12.9-44.9	3	23.4	7.9-52.1	13	30.8	15.9-51.2	12	20.0	9.9-36.1
Davidson	20	2	6.8	1.4-27.1	4	31.4	11.6-61.6	4	13.7	4.4-35.5	10	48.0	22.5-74.7
Durham	30	9	36.9	15.5-65.1	5	24.8	9.0-52.3	11	30.8	14.2-54.4	5	7.6	2.6-19.8
Forsyth	26	12	56.3	36.0-74.7	1	3.8	0.5-22.6	4	10.1	3.6-25.4	9	29.8	15.2-50.2
Gaston	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
Guilford	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
Iredell	23	4	24.6	8.6-53.2	4	17.4	6.3-40.0	7	31.1	14.6-54.5	8	26.8	12.0-49.6
Johnston	26	9	47.4	25.1-70.8	4	14.8	4.9-37.1	7	26.8	11.9-49.7	6	11.0	4.4-24.9
Mecklenburg	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
New Hanover	26	7	32.7	15.4-56.6	3	18.0	5.0-47.8	4	11.4	4.0-28.5	12	37.9	20.1-59.6
Onslow	23	4	17.2	6.4-38.4	5	26.1	11.0-50.3	7	30.0	14.1-52.7	7	26.7	12.4-48.6
Orange	30	8	35.6	17.9-58.2	3	4.1	1.2-13.3	9	33.2	17.2-54.2	10	27.1	13.7-46.7
Pitt	25	6	35.6	16.6-60.5	3	7.1	2.0-21.9	6	22.8	9.4-45.7	10	34.5	17.2-57.2
Randolph	33	5	11.7	4.4-27.3	7	31.5	15.6-53.6	4	10.3	3.7-25.5	17	46.5	29.1-64.8
Robeson	36	9	30.7	16.1-50.6	2	6.2	1.4-24.1	9	24.4	12.3-42.6	16	38.7	23.4-56.5
Rowan	35	13	45.3	25.6-66.5	2	10.3	2.5-34.1	11	26.9	13.8-45.9	9	17.5	8.4-33.1
Union	22	9	53.4	29.7-75.6	3	17.2	5.4-42.8	1	3.3	0.4-20.8	9	26.2	12.1-47.8
Wake	50	11	30.8	15.8-51.3	13	22.6	12.2-37.9	16	34.6	20.8-51.7	10	12.0	6.0-22.6
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	27	3	6.8	1.9-21.7	7	44.3	21.3-70.1	7	23.9	10.2-46.6	10	24.9	11.6-45.7
Northeast Partnership II	36	7	18.1	7.9-36.3	4	11.5	4.0-29.0	7	17.4	7.9-34.2	18	53.0	35.1-70.2
Northeast Partnership I	32	4	12.0	4.4-29.0	2	4.5	1.1-17.0	7	25.1	11.3-47.0	19	58.3	38.3-76.0
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	33	9	27.2	12.8-48.8	4	11.0	3.5-29.7	7	26.0	10.8-50.5	13	35.8	20.0-55.4
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
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	24	2	5.1	1.1-19.9	3	11.0	3.1-31.8	5	39.7	14.0-72.7	14	44.3	20.6-71.0
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	41	10	28.1	14.9-46.7	3	15.6	5.0-39.8	13	29.1	16.3-46.3	15	27.2	15.5-43.1
Chatham/Lee/Moore	27	3	11.2	3.4-30.9	2	4.1	1.0-15.7	7	31.6	15.8-53.3	15	53.1	33.3-71.9
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	45	9	27.9	11.4-53.8	10	38.0	18.6-62.2	12	16.7	8.0-31.9	14	17.4	8.7-31.6
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	25	4	8.4	2.8-22.8	2	5.1	1.1-20.8	7	46.5	22.6-72.1	12	40.0	19.7-64.3
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	15	5	29.8	11.6-57.7	0	0.0	. - .	4	23.4	8.4-50.3	6	46.9	22.4-72.9
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	26	8	37.5	17.9-62.4	5	17.5	7.0-37.3	8	33.6	16.1-57.2	5	11.4	4.3-27.1
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	61	13	22.1	11.7-37.7	8	18.6	7.7-38.7	16	21.6	10.9-38.3	24	37.7	24.5-53.0
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	76	12	13.5	7.2-23.8	7	10.2	4.3-22.2	17	25.4	15.3-39.0	40	51.0	38.0-63.8
No	1,065	254	27.8	24.0-32.0	145	18.9	15.3-23.1	272	25.8	22.3-29.6	394	27.5	24.4-30.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	371	82	23.5	17.7-30.5	49	19.8	13.8-27.6	92	24.7	19.0-31.4	148	32.0	26.4-38.3
Piedmont	628	151	29.6	24.6-35.2	82	16.8	12.6-22.2	165	28.2	23.6-33.2	230	25.4	21.6-29.5
Western NC	142	33	25.5	17.2-36.1	21	21.5	12.6-34.2	32	20.1	12.9-30.0	56	32.9	24.4-42.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	112	25	23.4	15.0-34.8	16	21.8	11.7-37.0	26	21.0	12.7-32.6	45	33.8	24.2-44.9
Northwest	181	52	36.7	27.9-46.6	21	13.9	8.8-21.1	40	18.9	13.4-26.1	68	30.5	23.3-38.7
Charlotte	175	45	31.5	23.0-41.3	24	12.6	7.8-19.8	42	32.1	23.6-41.9	64	23.9	17.6-31.5
Greensboro	146	28	22.1	12.4-36.4	16	19.4	8.8-37.6	40	25.4	16.0-37.8	62	33.1	23.3-44.7
Southern Regional	138	28	24.1	13.4-39.4	15	18.7	9.3-34.0	43	30.1	20.6-41.6	52	27.1	19.0-37.2
Coastal	49	10	19.5	9.5-36.1	6	17.7	6.8-38.9	7	20.9	6.2-51.3	26	41.8	24.9-60.9
Wake	153	40	33.2	23.0-45.2	26	20.2	13.1-29.7	49	33.0	24.0-43.4	38	13.7	9.3-19.8
Area L	52	15	27.2	16.3-41.7	5	11.1	4.1-27.0	11	22.5	11.9-38.4	21	39.2	25.7-54.6
Eastern	135	23	17.0	10.5-26.2	23	27.4	16.6-41.7	31	20.9	13.8-30.4	58	34.8	25.6-45.3

Total
Respond.^

Under 11

11-19

20-39

40+

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

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

27.1

10.8-53.3

9.2

1.3-43.3

35.0

17.0-58.7

28.7

12.6-53.0

Buncombe

25.7

13.5-43.4

27.0

11.0-52.4

19.9

9.8-36.4

27.4

16.3-42.3

Cabarrus

33.1

11.5-65.5

9.6

3.4-24.2

22.1

7.3-50.6

35.1

16.8-59.3

Catawba

45.4

25.7-66.6

11.8

3.8-31.0

9.4

3.6-22.1

33.4

18.7-52.2

Cumberland

25.7

12.9-44.9

23.4

7.9-52.1

30.8

15.9-51.2

20.0

9.9-36.1

Davidson

6.8

1.4-27.1

31.4

11.6-61.6

13.7

4.4-35.5

48.0

22.5-74.7

Durham

36.9

15.5-65.1

24.8

9.0-52.3

30.8

14.2-54.4

7.6

2.6-19.8

Forsyth

56.3

36.0-74.7

3.8

0.5-22.6

10.1

3.6-25.4

29.8

15.2-50.2

Gaston

29.5

14.3-51.2

13.1

4.7-31.6

18.8

8.3-37.4

38.6

20.7-60.2

Guilford

20.8

7.3-46.6

29.6

10.9-59.1

16.3

7.4-32.3

33.2

18.1-52.9

Iredell

24.6

8.6-53.2

17.4

6.3-40.0

31.1

14.6-54.5

26.8

12.0-49.6

Johnston

47.4

25.1-70.8

14.8

4.9-37.1

26.8

11.9-49.7

11.0

4.4-24.9

Mecklenburg

28.4

16.7-44.1

8.2

3.1-20.2

44.2

30.2-59.2

19.1

11.0-31.1

New Hanover

32.7

15.4-56.6

18.0

5.0-47.8

11.4

4.0-28.5

37.9

20.1-59.6

Onslow

17.2

6.4-38.4

26.1

11.0-50.3

30.0

14.1-52.7

26.7

12.4-48.6

Orange

35.6

17.9-58.2

4.1

1.2-13.3

33.2

17.2-54.2

27.1

13.7-46.7

Pitt

35.6

16.6-60.5

7.1

2.0-21.9

22.8

9.4-45.7

34.5

17.2-57.2

Randolph

11.7

4.4-27.3

31.5

15.6-53.6

10.3

3.7-25.5

46.5

29.1-64.8

Robeson

30.7

16.1-50.6

6.2

1.4-24.1

24.4

12.3-42.6

38.7

23.4-56.5

Rowan

45.3

25.6-66.5

10.3

2.5-34.1

26.9

13.8-45.9

17.5

8.4-33.1

Union

53.4

29.7-75.6

17.2

5.4-42.8

3.3

0.4-20.8

26.2

12.1-47.8

Wake

30.8

15.8-51.3

22.6

12.2-37.9

34.6

20.8-51.7

12.0

6.0-22.6

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

6.8

1.9-21.7

44.3

21.3-70.1

23.9

10.2-46.6

24.9

11.6-45.7

Northeast Partnership II

18.1

7.9-36.3

11.5

4.0-29.0

17.4

7.9-34.2

53.0

35.1-70.2

Northeast Partnership I

12.0

4.4-29.0

4.5

1.1-17.0

25.1

11.3-47.0

58.3

38.3-76.0

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

27.2

12.8-48.8

11.0

3.5-29.7

26.0

10.8-50.5

35.8

20.0-55.4

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

34.7

16.1-59.7

19.7

8.1-40.8

19.7

8.8-38.4

25.8

12.6-45.7

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

5.1

1.1-19.9

11.0

3.1-31.8

39.7

14.0-72.7

44.3

20.6-71.0

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

28.1

14.9-46.7

15.6

5.0-39.8

29.1

16.3-46.3

27.2

15.5-43.1

Chatham/Lee/Moore

11.2

3.4-30.9

4.1

1.0-15.7

31.6

15.8-53.3

53.1

33.3-71.9

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

27.9

11.4-53.8

38.0

18.6-62.2

16.7

8.0-31.9

17.4

8.7-31.6

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

8.4

2.8-22.8

5.1

1.1-20.8

46.5

22.6-72.1

40.0

19.7-64.3

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

29.8

11.6-57.7

0.0

. - .

23.4

8.4-50.3

46.9

22.4-72.9

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

37.5

17.9-62.4

17.5

7.0-37.3

33.6

16.1-57.2

11.4

4.3-27.1

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

22.1

11.7-37.7

18.6

7.7-38.7

21.6

10.9-38.3

37.7

24.5-53.0

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

13.5

7.2-23.8

10.2

4.3-22.2

25.4

15.3-39.0

51.0

38.0-63.8

1,065

254

27.8

24.0-32.0

145

18.9

15.3-23.1

272

25.8

22.3-29.6

394

27.5

24.4-30.9

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

371

23.5

17.7-30.5

19.8

13.8-27.6

24.7

19.0-31.4

148

32.0

26.4-38.3

Piedmont

628

151

29.6

24.6-35.2

16.8

12.6-22.2

165

28.2

23.6-33.2

230

25.4

21.6-29.5

Western NC

142

25.5

17.2-36.1

21.5

12.6-34.2

20.1

12.9-30.0

32.9

24.4-42.6

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

112

23.4

15.0-34.8

21.8

11.7-37.0

21.0

12.7-32.6

33.8

24.2-44.9

Northwest

181

36.7

27.9-46.6

13.9

8.8-21.1

18.9

13.4-26.1

30.5

23.3-38.7

Charlotte

175

31.5

23.0-41.3

12.6

7.8-19.8

32.1

23.6-41.9

23.9

17.6-31.5

Greensboro

146

22.1

12.4-36.4

19.4

8.8-37.6

25.4

16.0-37.8

33.1

23.3-44.7

Southern Regional

138

24.1

13.4-39.4

18.7

9.3-34.0

30.1

20.6-41.6

27.1

19.0-37.2

Coastal

19.5

9.5-36.1

17.7

6.8-38.9

20.9

6.2-51.3

41.8

24.9-60.9

Wake

153

33.2

23.0-45.2

20.2

13.1-29.7

33.0

24.0-43.4

13.7

9.3-19.8

Area L

27.2

16.3-41.7

11.1

4.1-27.0

22.5

11.9-38.4

39.2

25.7-54.6

Eastern

135

17.0

10.5-26.2

27.4

16.6-41.7

20.9

13.8-30.4

34.8

25.6-45.3

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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, Edgecombe, 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.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program

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