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BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
INDIANA STATEWIDE SURVEY DATA, 2001
*** ASTHMA MODULE ***
M7.1 HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU WERE FIRST TOLD BY A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL THAT YOU HAD ASTHMA?
DENOMINATOR IS RESPONDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY HAVE ASTHMA

  PERCENTS TOTALS
CATEGORIES: 10 OR LESS 11 - 25 26 - 45 46 OR OLDER UNK/REF  
AGE GROUP

      18-24
44.8 54.0 0 0 1.1 65
      25-34 37.6 48.8 9.0 0 4.6 102
      35-44 29.5 18.7 49.9 0 1.9 99
      45-54 33.2 14.9 35.1 11.1 5.7 91
      55-64 *** *** *** *** *** 47
      65 + 10.6 12.4 12.4 57.6 6.9 72
      UNK/REF *** *** *** *** *** 2
SEX

      MALE
43.4 25.8 17.4 10.0 3.4 153
      FEMALE 22.0 31.2 24.8 17.7 4.4 325
RACE GROUP

      WHITE, NON-HISPANIC
28.3 30.3 22.2 16.1 3.0 414
      BLACK, NON-HISPANIC *** *** *** *** *** 30
      OTH/MULTI RACE, NON-HISP. *** *** *** *** *** 17
      HISPANIC *** *** *** *** *** 14
      REFUSED *** *** *** *** *** 3
INCOME GROUP

      < $15,000
22.7 27.8 9.3 32.1 8.2 67
      $15-$24,999 41.5 25.2 12.7 17.1 3.4 96
      $25-$49,999 25.0 35.5 27.4 8.1 4.0 144
      $50-$74,999 33.1 26.9 31.8 8.3 0 58
      >=$75,000 34.7 23.2 33.4 6.6 2.1 56
      UNK/REF 23.9 29.6 13.2 26.1 7.1 57
EDUCATION

      < H S GRAD
32.8 26.5 12.8 22.9 5.1 68
      H S GRAD OR GED 31.9 26.4 18.1 18.0 5.6 155
      SOME COLLEGE/TECH SCH 25.8 32.6 27.0 11.1 3.4 136
      COLLEGE GRAD 31.5 30.0 26.3 10.2 2.0 119
MARITAL STATUS

      MARRIED
23.7 31.1 26.7 16.2 2.3 224
      UNMARRIED 37.4 26.9 16.5 13.1 6.0 253
      UNK/REF *** *** *** *** *** 1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS

      EMPLOYED
34.2 31.8 24.3 5.9 3.7 292
      NOT EMPLOY *** *** *** *** *** 19
      STUDENT/HOMEMAKER 32.4 36.2 17.1 13.0 1.3 62
      RET/UNABLE TO WORK 13.4 15.7 19.8 43.4 7.7 104
      UNK/REF *** *** *** *** *** 1

--- ALL ---
30.1 29.1 22.0 14.8 4.0 478

 NOTES:      Percents are based on weighted data; totals are unweighted numbers.
                   *** Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

 SOURCE:   Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2001

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