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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Did you have to visit an emergency room or be admitted to the hospital in the past 12 months
because of your COPD, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,190 175 14.8 12.1-18.0 1,015 85.2 82.0-87.9
-Eastern NC 404 61 15.8 10.9-22.2 343 84.2 77.8-89.1
GENDER
Male 138 18 14.4 7.4-26.2 120 85.6 73.8-92.6
Female 266 43 17.3 12.2-23.9 223 82.7 76.1-87.8
RACE
White 309 39 15.5 9.7-23.7 270 84.5 76.3-90.3
African American 64 12 14.7 7.4-27.0 52 85.3 73.0-92.6
Other Minorities 30 10 19.8 7.5-42.9 20 80.2 57.1-92.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 13 2 7.8 1.5-32.0 11 92.2 68.0-98.5
Non-Hispanic 391 59 16.4 11.3-23.2 332 83.6 76.8-88.7
AGE
18-24 6 2 8.6 1.4-39.0 4 91.4 61.0-98.6
25-34 17 2 16.5 2.9-56.4 15 83.5 43.6-97.1
35-44 33 5 24.5 9.1-51.2 28 75.5 48.8-90.9
45-54 70 13 20.9 11.9-34.1 57 79.1 65.9-88.1
55-64 101 18 17.7 10.3-28.8 83 82.3 71.2-89.7
65-74 115 11 9.6 4.9-17.7 104 90.4 82.3-95.1
75+ 61 9 14.5 6.1-30.5 52 85.5 69.5-93.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 87 18 13.1 6.3-25.4 69 86.9 74.6-93.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 154 23 17.1 10.2-27.2 131 82.9 72.8-89.8
Some Post-H.S. 108 15 17.9 7.7-36.3 93 82.1 63.7-92.3
College Graduate 55 5 12.5 4.5-30.2 50 87.5 69.8-95.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 99 22 20.7 11.9-33.6 77 79.3 66.4-88.1
$15,000- 24,999 86 13 25.7 14.3-41.8 73 74.3 58.2-85.7
$25,000- 34,999 58 11 30.7 14.3-54.0 47 69.3 46.0-85.7
$35,000- 49,999 53 4 6.9 2.3-18.7 49 93.1 81.3-97.7
$50,000-74,999 31 0 0.0 . - . 31 100 . - .
$75,000+ 28 4 9.0 2.4-28.6 24 91.0 71.4-97.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 302 57 20.8 14.2-29.3 245 79.2 70.7-85.8
No 101 4 3.3 1.1-10.0 97 96.7 90.0-98.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 12 26.4 14.4-43.3 56 73.6 56.7-85.6
Non-Veteran 336 49 13.8 8.9-20.8 287 86.2 79.2-91.1

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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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