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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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
-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
GENDER
Male 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
Female 33 7 21.0 9.3-40.8 4 13.3 4.6-32.6 7 20.2 9.3-38.6 15 45.4 28.2-63.8
RACE
White 26 6 21.5 8.7-44.1 1 7.0 1.0-35.8 5 18.9 7.6-39.8 14 52.5 32.2-72.1
Other 10 1 10.0 1.3-47.9 3 22.2 6.1-55.6 2 13.8 2.6-48.6 4 54.1 21.7-83.3
AGE
18-44 7 2 33.0 7.9-74.0 1 18.9 2.7-66.5 4 48.0 16.3-81.4 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 29 5 12.9 5.0-29.3 3 8.8 2.7-25.4 3 6.7 1.9-20.9 18 71.5 52.6-85.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 21 3 15.4 4.0-44.6 3 14.9 4.2-41.1 3 13.6 3.9-38.4 12 56.1 31.6-77.9
Some College + 15 4 22.1 8.0-48.1 1 6.5 0.9-34.7 4 23.0 8.3-49.6 6 48.5 24.3-73.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 24 5 22.4 8.8-46.5 2 9.0 1.8-34.6 4 15.5 5.3-37.3 13 53.1 31.1-73.9
$50,000+ 6 1 7.1 0.9-40.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.5 2.3-65.2 4 75.4 33.2-95.0

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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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