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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Adult Asthma History

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%)
TOTAL 1,119 301 37.3 32.2-42.6 118 15.9 12.2-20.5 290 24.1 20.8-27.8 410 22.7 19.8-25.9
GENDER
Male 292 108 53.3 43.8-62.5 25 15.2 8.7-25.3 55 13.7 9.7-19.0 104 17.8 13.4-23.3
Female 827 193 25.9 21.7-30.7 93 16.4 12.7-20.8 235 31.5 27.4-36.0 306 26.2 22.8-30.0
RACE
White 871 222 33.2 27.6-39.3 88 17.1 12.5-23.0 230 25.4 21.5-29.8 331 24.3 20.8-28.1
African American 185 61 50.9 39.7-62.1 21 11.6 6.9-18.9 47 20.4 14.1-28.6 56 17.0 11.6-24.2
Asian 4 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.7 1.2-58.8 1 56.1 11.6-92.6 2 32.2 5.1-80.7
Native American 30 8 40.4 20.0-64.7 3 10.2 2.5-33.7 6 16.4 6.3-36.4 13 33.0 15.7-56.6
Other Minorities 28 9 35.3 14.7-63.3 5 23.1 8.5-49.0 6 20.9 8.7-42.3 8 20.7 8.5-42.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 30 7 34.1 14.3-61.7 4 18.6 6.4-43.5 11 33.5 17.2-55.0 8 13.8 6.0-28.7
-English Speaking 25 6 39.5 16.5-68.4 3 17.0 4.7-46.1 9 30.3 14.0-53.8 7 13.1 5.3-29.1
-Spanish Speaking 5 1 7.5 0.9-42.3 1 26.5 3.8-76.8 2 48.9 12.9-86.0 1 17.1 2.2-65.6
Non-Hispanic 1,086 294 37.5 32.4-43.0 114 15.8 12.1-20.5 278 23.9 20.5-27.6 400 22.8 19.8-26.0
AGE
18-24 48 30 65.7 45.8-81.3 14 30.7 15.7-51.2 4 3.6 1.2-10.5 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 109 54 57.5 45.4-68.7 24 20.0 12.5-30.3 31 22.6 14.9-32.6 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 173 44 27.7 20.2-36.8 24 17.6 11.3-26.5 98 51.1 42.1-60.0 7 3.6 1.5- 8.4
45-54 220 51 22.5 15.7-31.1 17 6.4 3.4-11.8 84 44.8 36.3-53.7 68 26.3 19.8-34.0
55-64 251 60 26.8 19.9-35.1 19 10.6 6.0-18.1 41 12.9 9.0-18.2 131 49.7 41.6-57.7
65-74 196 39 17.7 12.2-24.9 15 10.0 5.6-17.2 19 8.1 4.8-13.4 123 64.2 55.5-72.1
75+ 120 22 19.0 11.8-29.1 5 5.9 2.3-14.4 13 8.4 3.9-17.2 80 66.6 55.3-76.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 242 59 41.6 29.8-54.6 23 14.7 8.2-24.8 61 21.2 14.7-29.5 99 22.5 16.4-30.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 365 97 39.2 30.0-49.3 40 18.0 10.5-29.0 76 18.4 13.5-24.6 152 24.4 19.1-30.7
Some Post-H.S. 270 87 43.1 34.3-52.5 30 12.6 8.2-19.1 77 26.4 20.1-33.8 76 17.8 13.1-23.7
College Graduate 242 58 23.3 17.2-30.9 25 17.3 11.4-25.5 76 34.0 26.9-41.9 83 25.4 19.5-32.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 222 56 34.9 23.1-48.8 28 14.5 8.5-23.6 49 23.6 16.1-33.3 89 27.0 19.9-35.4
$15,000- 24,999 222 60 39.9 28.8-52.3 25 14.6 8.6-23.8 50 19.4 13.5-27.2 87 26.0 18.8-34.7
$25,000- 34,999 113 36 43.7 31.9-56.4 6 7.8 2.8-20.0 23 20.6 13.3-30.5 48 27.9 19.6-38.1
$35,000- 49,999 136 32 28.2 16.7-43.4 14 16.6 9.0-28.8 41 29.4 20.2-40.7 49 25.8 17.8-35.8
$50,000-74,999 124 27 36.3 24.2-50.6 14 15.1 8.3-26.1 46 29.8 21.0-40.4 37 18.8 12.7-26.9
$75,000+ 152 45 28.0 18.8-39.6 17 22.9 11.0-41.7 43 28.0 19.4-38.6 47 21.0 14.1-30.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 667 171 36.9 30.1-44.4 58 11.7 8.3-16.2 170 24.0 19.7-28.9 268 27.4 23.0-32.2
No 426 121 36.7 29.3-44.7 58 21.6 14.8-30.4 114 24.5 19.5-30.4 133 17.2 13.6-21.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 111 23 22.7 14.3-33.9 11 14.9 7.3-27.9 22 21.3 13.5-31.9 55 41.2 30.3-52.9
Non-Veteran 1,008 278 38.8 33.4-44.6 107 16.0 12.0-20.9 268 24.4 20.9-28.3 355 20.7 17.9-23.9

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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.

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