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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-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
GENDER
Male 12 5 44.4 13.2-80.7 3 39.6 10.2-79.2 2 6.8 1.1-32.4 2 9.1 1.9-34.4
Female 33 4 13.9 3.4-42.7 7 36.7 17.0-62.0 10 25.1 11.8-45.6 12 24.3 12.1-42.9
RACE
White 26 3 13.7 3.1-44.2 6 42.6 21.1-67.4 8 23.5 10.2-45.6 9 20.1 9.0-39.0
Other 19 6 43.5 13.6-79.0 4 33.0 7.1-75.9 4 9.2 2.4-29.5 5 14.4 4.3-38.4
AGE
18-44 17 5 33.5 10.8-67.9 9 54.4 24.5-81.4 2 8.9 2.0-31.6 1 3.1 0.4-20.5
45+ 28 4 17.1 5.4-43.0 1 6.9 1.0-35.7 10 31.5 15.9-52.8 13 44.4 25.4-65.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 28 6 36.4 13.6-67.5 6 37.2 13.7-68.9 8 10.7 4.1-25.2 8 15.7 6.3-34.3
Some College + 17 3 8.4 2.4-25.6 4 39.9 15.6-70.5 4 30.5 11.3-60.2 6 21.1 8.0-45.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 35 8 26.5 11.6-49.5 8 32.5 15.6-55.6 9 20.2 9.1-38.9 10 20.9 10.1-38.3
$50,000+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 58.3 10.8-94.2 1 28.1 3.0-83.4 1 13.6 1.3-64.5

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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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