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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Have you ever been given breathing test to diagnose your COPD, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,172 914 76.2 71.3-80.5 258 23.8 19.5-28.7
-Eastern NC 402 313 70.3 58.8-79.8 89 29.7 20.2-41.2
GENDER
Male 136 103 62.5 43.6-78.3 33 37.5 21.7-56.4
Female 266 210 79.0 71.7-84.8 56 21.0 15.2-28.3
RACE
White 307 244 74.0 58.7-85.0 63 26.0 15.0-41.3
African American 65 46 66.0 51.0-78.4 19 34.0 21.6-49.0
Other Minorities 29 23 53.4 24.9-79.8 6 46.6 20.2-75.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 12 8 43.9 14.0-79.0 4 56.1 21.0-86.0
Non-Hispanic 390 305 72.3 60.3-81.8 85 27.7 18.2-39.7
AGE
18-24 6 3 41.1 7.4-86.0 3 58.9 14.0-92.6
25-34 16 9 41.2 15.9-72.2 7 58.8 27.8-84.1
35-44 32 20 67.6 46.6-83.2 12 32.4 16.8-53.4
45-54 70 55 78.4 64.4-88.0 15 21.6 12.0-35.6
55-64 101 85 88.0 78.6-93.6 16 12.0 6.4-21.4
65-74 113 88 81.6 72.7-88.1 25 18.4 11.9-27.3
75+ 63 52 77.6 62.2-88.0 11 22.4 12.0-37.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 84 66 54.9 28.5-78.8 18 45.1 21.2-71.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 155 117 65.7 52.3-77.0 38 34.3 23.0-47.7
Some Post-H.S. 108 87 87.4 77.2-93.5 21 12.6 6.5-22.8
College Graduate 55 43 80.7 66.8-89.6 12 19.3 10.4-33.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 98 77 73.0 49.5-88.2 21 27.0 11.8-50.5
$15,000- 24,999 85 63 80.3 68.9-88.3 22 19.7 11.7-31.1
$25,000- 34,999 58 46 79.9 62.6-90.4 12 20.1 9.6-37.4
$35,000- 49,999 53 46 89.4 76.8-95.5 7 10.6 4.5-23.2
$50,000-74,999 31 26 81.0 59.3-92.6 5 19.0 7.4-40.7
$75,000+ 28 20 75.6 43.4-92.6 8 24.4 7.4-56.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 302 243 72.4 57.5-83.6 59 27.6 16.4-42.5
No 99 69 64.7 45.3-80.2 30 35.3 19.8-54.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 57 83.6 71.2-91.4 11 16.4 8.6-28.8
Non-Veteran 334 256 67.8 54.7-78.6 78 32.2 21.4-45.3

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*Asked only of those who reported having COPD.

^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.

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