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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson County

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
-Robeson County 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
GENDER
Male 9 3 29.2 8.7-63.9 1 14.1 2.0-57.2 2 29.6 7.9-67.5 3 27.1 7.9-61.9
Female 27 6 31.4 14.2-55.9 1 2.5 0.3-16.2 7 22.0 10.1-41.4 13 44.1 25.3-64.7
RACE
White 17 2 17.8 4.6-49.4 2 14.1 3.1-45.3 3 19.6 5.8-49.4 10 48.5 24.8-73.0
Other 19 7 41.0 19.6-66.3 0 0.0 . - . 6 28.2 12.0-53.1 6 30.8 13.6-55.9
AGE
18-44 10 4 46.2 17.4-77.8 2 18.8 4.0-56.1 4 35.0 11.8-68.4 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 26 5 23.0 9.3-46.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 19.2 7.5-41.0 16 57.8 36.6-76.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 20 5 24.4 9.6-49.5 0 0.0 . - . 6 32.2 14.2-57.7 9 43.4 22.5-66.9
Some College + 16 4 38.2 15.5-67.7 2 13.7 3.0-44.9 3 15.0 4.5-40.1 7 33.0 14.5-58.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 29 5 22.4 8.7-46.5 2 7.7 1.7-28.9 8 27.0 13.0-47.9 14 42.9 25.0-62.9
$50,000+ 5 3 63.0 21.8-91.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 20.3 2.7-69.8 1 16.7 2.2-64.3

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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, 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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