BRFSS 2006 - 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?*)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Adult Asthma History

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	Total Respond.^	Under 11	11-19	20-39	40+
North Carolina	1,105	261	29.9	25.9-34.1	140	18.8	15.3-22.8	293	26.4	23.2-29.9	411	25.0	22.2-28.0
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	28	5	25.2	10.5-49.2	1	6.2	0.9-33.1	9	32.0	16.5-52.8	13	36.6	19.9-57.2
Buncombe	36	10	32.1	17.2-51.8	5	12.1	4.3-29.8	6	17.4	7.2-36.3	15	38.4	22.7-57.0
Cabarrus	23	7	32.8	14.3-58.7	2	13.6	2.9-45.5	8	39.3	19.0-64.1	6	14.3	5.7-31.5
Catawba	14	6	57.7	25.6-84.4	0	0.0	. - .	5	29.8	9.4-63.6	3	12.5	3.4-37.0
Cumberland	44	11	34.2	13.8-63.0	8	28.8	13.2-51.8	10	18.2	8.4-35.3	15	18.7	9.4-33.8
Davidson	25	3	11.8	3.3-34.7	4	28.6	10.7-57.2	11	39.4	20.4-62.4	7	20.1	8.3-41.1
Durham	22	5	26.3	10.2-52.9	3	17.3	5.4-43.2	8	39.9	20.1-63.6	6	16.6	6.9-34.6
Forsyth	25	4	15.0	4.4-40.5	4	26.0	9.3-54.7	8	37.9	18.4-62.3	9	21.1	9.5-40.5
Gaston	29	3	9.1	2.2-30.5	3	28.4	8.1-64.0	10	29.6	13.4-53.1	13	33.0	15.4-57.1
Guilford	35	8	25.0	11.9-45.2	5	33.8	15.2-59.2	8	15.4	6.6-32.1	14	25.7	13.9-42.6
Iredell	29	4	24.7	5.6-64.6	3	6.5	1.7-21.2	10	37.3	17.9-62.0	12	31.6	15.0-54.7
Johnston	34	6	14.8	5.8-32.8	4	12.0	4.3-29.4	13	50.9	30.2-71.2	11	22.4	11.1-39.9
Mecklenburg	47	14	30.9	18.5-46.8	6	14.5	6.5-29.2	13	33.6	20.3-50.0	14	21.1	12.2-34.0
New Hanover	27	4	17.5	5.1-45.7	5	25.3	10.5-49.4	5	21.3	8.8-43.2	13	35.9	19.5-56.5
Onslow	26	9	43.9	22.5-67.8	2	11.9	2.6-39.9	6	23.2	9.2-47.3	9	21.0	9.7-39.8
Orange	22	4	21.1	6.3-51.5	4	17.6	5.9-42.0	7	30.7	13.3-56.1	7	30.5	12.9-56.5
Pitt	34	4	12.2	3.7-33.4	6	25.0	11.5-46.1	9	25.6	12.5-45.4	15	37.1	21.4-56.1
Randolph	26	7	50.8	26.0-75.2	1	1.5	0.2-10.3	7	30.7	13.2-56.3	11	17.1	7.8-33.3
Robeson	34	6	27.2	11.3-52.3	5	14.5	5.7-32.0	6	21.2	9.4-41.2	17	37.2	21.8-55.7
Rowan	26	9	26.9	9.3-57.0	4	41.8	13.2-77.2	8	23.7	8.7-50.3	5	7.6	2.5-21.0
Union	26	7	24.0	10.8-45.2	3	19.0	5.6-48.3	5	28.1	11.9-52.9	11	28.9	14.7-48.9
Wake	41	17	52.7	35.2-69.6	3	8.9	2.2-29.7	10	21.6	11.2-37.7	11	16.7	8.5-30.1
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	29	9	29.9	13.9-52.8	6	32.7	12.4-62.6	7	27.3	11.8-51.3	7	10.2	4.0-23.4
Northeast Partnership II***	42	9	20.3	10.2-36.5	2	11.7	2.6-39.8	14	33.4	18.4-52.6	17	34.6	20.4-52.1
Northeast Partnership I***	31	8	26.9	12.5-48.6	4	24.1	8.3-52.6	4	10.4	3.1-29.7	15	38.7	20.4-61.0
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	29	7	34.5	15.6-60.1	3	12.4	2.8-41.0	7	22.3	9.6-43.6	12	30.8	16.0-50.9
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	39	7	29.4	12.2-55.4	6	22.9	9.4-46.0	7	13.9	5.9-29.3	19	33.9	19.4-52.2
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	40	7	21.8	9.5-42.5	8	27.6	12.4-50.8	8	19.5	9.3-36.6	17	31.1	18.1-47.9
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	35	10	41.2	19.0-67.7	9	37.8	15.3-67.1	7	10.1	3.9-23.5	9	10.9	4.6-23.6
Chatham/Lee/Moore	36	6	17.8	7.8-35.7	4	12.4	4.4-30.4	11	35.9	20.4-54.9	15	33.9	19.3-52.5
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	34	10	41.8	20.7-66.4	2	7.5	1.3-32.8	6	20.6	8.2-42.8	16	30.1	16.0-49.3
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	23	6	28.6	11.7-54.9	4	14.2	5.0-34.3	5	25.0	9.9-50.4	8	32.1	14.2-57.5
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	26	8	24.1	11.2-44.5	2	15.8	3.7-47.9	8	39.5	20.3-62.5	8	20.6	9.4-39.2
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	42	13	45.0	26.6-65.0	5	14.5	5.6-32.8	10	19.1	9.6-34.4	14	21.3	11.3-36.7
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	46	8	14.0	6.2-28.7	4	7.4	1.9-24.5	17	49.9	32.3-67.6	17	28.6	16.4-45.1
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	81	18	22.5	13.7-34.5	6	14.5	6.0-31.1	23	30.7	19.5-44.8	34	32.3	21.8-45.1
No	1,024	243	30.4	26.2-34.8	134	19.1	15.5-23.3	270	26.1	22.8-29.8	377	24.5	21.6-27.6
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	409	92	28.4	21.9-36.0	58	21.7	15.8-28.9	96	22.4	17.7-27.9	163	27.5	22.7-32.9
Piedmont	567	137	32.4	26.9-38.4	70	19.8	14.9-25.8	157	25.2	21.1-29.9	203	22.6	19.0-26.6
Western NC	129	32	23.6	15.3-34.7	12	8.7	4.3-16.7	40	39.3	28.8-50.9	45	28.4	20.3-38.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	82	18	20.5	12.2-32.2	9	9.1	3.9-19.9	23	38.3	25.4-53.1	32	32.1	21.8-44.6
Northwest	181	44	26.2	17.7-37.0	21	17.4	10.3-27.7	63	35.4	26.9-45.1	53	20.9	14.7-29.0
Charlotte	158	44	35.2	25.0-46.9	17	17.5	10.3-28.3	40	24.6	17.5-33.6	57	22.6	16.4-30.4
Greensboro	139	28	31.7	21.0-44.8	16	20.3	10.9-34.7	35	19.9	13.3-28.7	60	28.1	20.2-37.6
Southern Regional	129	27	30.3	17.9-46.4	17	18.8	10.6-31.1	28	21.9	14.2-32.1	57	29.0	20.5-39.3
Coastal	69	11	17.2	8.9-30.5	13	26.9	14.6-44.0	13	20.0	11.4-32.8	32	36.0	24.6-49.2
Wake	153	39	35.5	25.3-47.3	22	20.7	11.7-33.9	44	25.3	17.8-34.6	48	18.5	12.9-25.8
Area L	45	14	33.8	18.8-52.9	3	7.7	1.7-28.3	12	25.1	12.7-43.7	16	33.5	19.2-51.5
Eastern	149	36	30.0	19.8-42.5	22	26.0	15.7-39.9	35	21.9	14.5-31.6	56	22.1	15.8-30.1

Total
Respond.^

Under 11

11-19

20-39

40+

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,105

261

29.9

25.9-34.1

140

18.8

15.3-22.8

293

26.4

23.2-29.9

411

25.0

22.2-28.0

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

25.2

10.5-49.2

6.2

0.9-33.1

32.0

16.5-52.8

36.6

19.9-57.2

Buncombe

32.1

17.2-51.8

12.1

4.3-29.8

17.4

7.2-36.3

38.4

22.7-57.0

Cabarrus

32.8

14.3-58.7

13.6

2.9-45.5

39.3

19.0-64.1

14.3

5.7-31.5

Catawba

57.7

25.6-84.4

0.0

. - .

29.8

9.4-63.6

12.5

3.4-37.0

Cumberland

34.2

13.8-63.0

28.8

13.2-51.8

18.2

8.4-35.3

18.7

9.4-33.8

Davidson

11.8

3.3-34.7

28.6

10.7-57.2

39.4

20.4-62.4

20.1

8.3-41.1

Durham

26.3

10.2-52.9

17.3

5.4-43.2

39.9

20.1-63.6

16.6

6.9-34.6

Forsyth

15.0

4.4-40.5

26.0

9.3-54.7

37.9

18.4-62.3

21.1

9.5-40.5

Gaston

9.1

2.2-30.5

28.4

8.1-64.0

29.6

13.4-53.1

33.0

15.4-57.1

Guilford

25.0

11.9-45.2

33.8

15.2-59.2

15.4

6.6-32.1

25.7

13.9-42.6

Iredell

24.7

5.6-64.6

6.5

1.7-21.2

37.3

17.9-62.0

31.6

15.0-54.7

Johnston

14.8

5.8-32.8

12.0

4.3-29.4

50.9

30.2-71.2

22.4

11.1-39.9

Mecklenburg

30.9

18.5-46.8

14.5

6.5-29.2

33.6

20.3-50.0

21.1

12.2-34.0

New Hanover

17.5

5.1-45.7

25.3

10.5-49.4

21.3

8.8-43.2

35.9

19.5-56.5

Onslow

43.9

22.5-67.8

11.9

2.6-39.9

23.2

9.2-47.3

21.0

9.7-39.8

Orange

21.1

6.3-51.5

17.6

5.9-42.0

30.7

13.3-56.1

30.5

12.9-56.5

Pitt

12.2

3.7-33.4

25.0

11.5-46.1

25.6

12.5-45.4

37.1

21.4-56.1

Randolph

50.8

26.0-75.2

1.5

0.2-10.3

30.7

13.2-56.3

17.1

7.8-33.3

Robeson

27.2

11.3-52.3

14.5

5.7-32.0

21.2

9.4-41.2

37.2

21.8-55.7

Rowan

26.9

9.3-57.0

41.8

13.2-77.2

23.7

8.7-50.3

7.6

2.5-21.0

Union

24.0

10.8-45.2

19.0

5.6-48.3

28.1

11.9-52.9

28.9

14.7-48.9

Wake

52.7

35.2-69.6

8.9

2.2-29.7

21.6

11.2-37.7

16.7

8.5-30.1

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

29.9

13.9-52.8

32.7

12.4-62.6

27.3

11.8-51.3

10.2

4.0-23.4

Northeast Partnership II***

20.3

10.2-36.5

11.7

2.6-39.8

33.4

18.4-52.6

34.6

20.4-52.1

Northeast Partnership I***

26.9

12.5-48.6

24.1

8.3-52.6

10.4

3.1-29.7

38.7

20.4-61.0

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

34.5

15.6-60.1

12.4

2.8-41.0

22.3

9.6-43.6

30.8

16.0-50.9

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

29.4

12.2-55.4

22.9

9.4-46.0

13.9

5.9-29.3

33.9

19.4-52.2

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

21.8

9.5-42.5

27.6

12.4-50.8

19.5

9.3-36.6

31.1

18.1-47.9

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

41.2

19.0-67.7

37.8

15.3-67.1

10.1

3.9-23.5

10.9

4.6-23.6

Chatham/Lee/Moore

17.8

7.8-35.7

12.4

4.4-30.4

35.9

20.4-54.9

33.9

19.3-52.5

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

41.8

20.7-66.4

7.5

1.3-32.8

20.6

8.2-42.8

30.1

16.0-49.3

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

28.6

11.7-54.9

14.2

5.0-34.3

25.0

9.9-50.4

32.1

14.2-57.5

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

24.1

11.2-44.5

15.8

3.7-47.9

39.5

20.3-62.5

20.6

9.4-39.2

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

45.0

26.6-65.0

14.5

5.6-32.8

19.1

9.6-34.4

21.3

11.3-36.7

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

14.0

6.2-28.7

7.4

1.9-24.5

49.9

32.3-67.6

28.6

16.4-45.1

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

22.5

13.7-34.5

14.5

6.0-31.1

30.7

19.5-44.8

32.3

21.8-45.1

1,024

243

30.4

26.2-34.8

134

19.1

15.5-23.3

270

26.1

22.8-29.8

377

24.5

21.6-27.6

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

409

28.4

21.9-36.0

21.7

15.8-28.9

22.4

17.7-27.9

163

27.5

22.7-32.9

Piedmont

567

137

32.4

26.9-38.4

19.8

14.9-25.8

157

25.2

21.1-29.9

203

22.6

19.0-26.6

Western NC

129

23.6

15.3-34.7

8.7

4.3-16.7

39.3

28.8-50.9

28.4

20.3-38.2

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

20.5

12.2-32.2

9.1

3.9-19.9

38.3

25.4-53.1

32.1

21.8-44.6

Northwest

181

26.2

17.7-37.0

17.4

10.3-27.7

35.4

26.9-45.1

20.9

14.7-29.0

Charlotte

158

35.2

25.0-46.9

17.5

10.3-28.3

24.6

17.5-33.6

22.6

16.4-30.4

Greensboro

139

31.7

21.0-44.8

20.3

10.9-34.7

19.9

13.3-28.7

28.1

20.2-37.6

Southern Regional

129

30.3

17.9-46.4

18.8

10.6-31.1

21.9

14.2-32.1

29.0

20.5-39.3

Coastal

17.2

8.9-30.5

26.9

14.6-44.0

20.0

11.4-32.8

36.0

24.6-49.2

Wake

153

35.5

25.3-47.3

20.7

11.7-33.9

25.3

17.8-34.6

18.5

12.9-25.8

Area L

33.8

18.8-52.9

7.7

1.7-28.3

25.1

12.7-43.7

33.5

19.2-51.5

Eastern

149

30.0

19.8-42.5

26.0

15.7-39.9

21.9

14.5-31.6

22.1

15.8-30.1

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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.

**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.

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

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