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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Would you say that shortness of breath affects the quality of your life?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,178 855 69.7 65.0-74.0 323 30.3 26.0-35.0
-Eastern NC 400 295 71.0 60.8-79.4 105 29.0 20.6-39.2
GENDER
Male 136 103 67.4 49.2-81.5 33 32.6 18.5-50.8
Female 264 192 75.0 68.5-80.5 72 25.0 19.5-31.5
RACE
White 306 223 71.4 58.9-81.3 83 28.6 18.7-41.1
African American 63 46 73.4 59.0-84.1 17 26.6 15.9-41.0
Other Minorities 30 26 66.9 31.5-89.9 4 33.1 10.1-68.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 13 9 50.3 17.0-83.3 4 49.7 16.7-83.0
Non-Hispanic 387 286 72.6 62.4-80.9 101 27.4 19.1-37.6
AGE
18-24 6 5 67.5 16.4-95.7 1 32.5 4.3-83.6
25-34 17 8 36.5 13.8-67.4 9 63.5 32.6-86.2
35-44 32 26 81.4 58.4-93.2 6 18.6 6.8-41.6
45-54 70 52 80.7 69.6-88.5 18 19.3 11.5-30.4
55-64 99 85 88.9 80.7-93.9 14 11.1 6.1-19.3
65-74 114 77 67.2 56.4-76.5 37 32.8 23.5-43.6
75+ 61 41 66.5 52.2-78.4 20 33.5 21.6-47.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 85 76 84.0 57.3-95.3 9 16.0 4.7-42.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 153 106 70.6 57.6-81.0 47 29.4 19.0-42.4
Some Post-H.S. 108 81 62.8 39.6-81.4 27 37.2 18.6-60.4
College Graduate 54 32 62.4 46.4-76.1 22 37.6 23.9-53.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 98 83 74.7 50.1-89.7 15 25.3 10.3-49.9
$15,000- 24,999 85 64 82.9 72.7-89.9 21 17.1 10.1-27.3
$25,000- 34,999 57 47 84.0 69.3-92.4 10 16.0 7.6-30.7
$35,000- 49,999 53 33 63.0 46.7-76.9 20 37.0 23.1-53.3
$50,000-74,999 31 20 73.0 55.1-85.6 11 27.0 14.4-44.9
$75,000+ 28 15 35.3 11.8-69.0 13 64.7 31.0-88.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 300 246 82.4 73.4-88.8 54 17.6 11.2-26.6
No 99 49 42.9 26.7-60.8 50 57.1 39.2-73.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 67 54 85.9 75.6-92.3 13 14.1 7.7-24.4
Non-Veteran 333 241 68.2 56.6-78.0 92 31.8 22.0-43.4

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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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