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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 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
GENDER
Male 11 1 6.2 0.8-34.5 1 14.9 2.2-58.4 1 12.4 1.7-53.1 8 66.5 32.3-89.2
Female 65 11 15.5 8.1-27.8 6 8.9 3.7-20.0 16 29.0 17.4-44.2 32 46.6 33.2-60.5
RACE
White 39 8 16.9 7.7-33.2 3 11.7 3.5-32.6 8 25.6 12.3-45.8 20 45.8 29.2-63.4
African American 34 4 10.1 3.6-25.2 4 9.2 3.2-23.7 6 17.0 7.1-35.6 20 63.6 44.5-79.1
Other Minorities 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.1 1.8-69.6 2 82.9 30.4-98.2
Non-Hispanic 73 12 14.4 7.7-25.2 7 10.9 4.6-23.5 16 25.9 15.4-40.1 38 48.8 35.8-62.0
AGE
25-34 4 1 45.4 7.5-89.5 1 9.6 1.0-51.7 2 45.0 8.3-88.1 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 13 4 21.7 7.5-48.7 2 27.7 7.5-64.3 6 36.3 14.9-64.8 1 14.4 2.1-56.8
45-54 19 2 7.3 1.7-26.2 0 0.0 . - . 8 41.9 19.8-67.7 9 50.8 26.8-74.5
55-64 20 3 11.6 3.6-31.4 4 22.4 8.4-47.5 0 0.0 . - . 13 66.0 42.3-83.7
65-74 12 1 6.8 0.9-36.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.5 1.3-45.5 10 83.7 51.3-96.2
75+ 8 1 8.7 1.1-44.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 91.3 55.7-98.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 23 3 15.4 4.1-43.7 3 14.1 4.0-39.5 1 1.7 0.2-11.5 16 68.8 43.0-86.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 23 3 8.2 2.5-23.7 1 10.7 1.6-47.5 6 35.0 15.1-62.1 13 46.1 24.2-69.7
Some Post-H.S. 19 2 8.6 2.0-30.0 3 11.0 3.3-31.0 7 38.1 18.3-62.9 7 42.2 21.5-66.1
College Graduate 11 4 28.7 9.9-59.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 31.3 9.3-67.1 4 39.9 14.7-71.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 18 3 17.4 5.4-43.5 1 3.7 0.5-22.8 3 29.7 9.4-63.4 11 49.2 24.6-74.2
$15,000- 24,999 17 5 33.0 13.1-61.6 1 2.6 0.4-17.3 5 29.1 11.4-56.6 6 35.3 13.8-65.0
$25,000- 34,999 11 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.3 1.9-54.8 2 12.5 2.9-40.1 8 74.3 41.1-92.3
$35,000- 49,999 5 1 9.3 1.1-50.0 2 49.1 10.4-88.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 41.5 7.7-85.9
$50,000-74,999 3 1 10.1 0.9-57.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 89.9 42.7-99.1 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 51 8 12.4 6.0-24.0 4 7.9 2.5-21.8 12 28.8 15.7-46.8 27 50.9 35.4-66.3
No 24 4 15.6 5.1-38.6 3 14.3 4.0-40.3 4 17.8 6.3-41.0 13 52.4 30.4-73.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 32.9 5.1-81.8 4 67.1 18.2-94.9
Non-Veteran 71 12 14.7 7.9-25.8 7 11.1 4.8-23.9 16 24.7 14.5-38.8 36 49.5 36.2-62.9

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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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