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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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
-Gaston County 41 33 77.5 54.0-91.0 8 22.5 9.0-46.0
GENDER
Male 17 13 71.3 34.0-92.3 4 28.7 7.7-66.0
Female 24 20 83.6 58.4-94.9 4 16.4 5.1-41.6
RACE
White 38 30 75.4 50.7-90.1 8 24.6 9.9-49.3
Other 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 5 4 73.4 23.1-96.2 1 26.6 3.8-76.9
45+ 36 29 78.3 51.3-92.5 7 21.7 7.5-48.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 24 79.8 48.0-94.4 3 20.2 5.6-52.0
Some College + 14 9 69.5 41.4-88.0 5 30.5 12.0-58.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 23 18 84.8 66.0-94.2 5 15.2 5.8-34.0
$50,000+ 9 6 44.1 13.4-80.1 3 55.9 19.9-86.6

Back to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

*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.

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