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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 40 30 74.8 51.0-89.4 10 25.2 10.6-49.0
GENDER
Male 16 13 76.5 35.9-95.0 3 23.5 5.0-64.1
Female 24 17 72.7 48.5-88.3 7 27.3 11.7-51.5
RACE
White 28 22 85.6 69.4-94.0 6 14.4 6.0-30.6
Other 12 8 64.9 28.3-89.6 4 35.1 10.4-71.7
AGE
18-44 9 4 60.5 22.3-89.1 5 39.5 10.9-77.7
45+ 31 26 87.2 71.6-94.9 5 12.8 5.1-28.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 15 12 85.9 55.3-96.8 3 14.1 3.2-44.7
Some College + 25 18 66.1 35.4-87.4 7 33.9 12.6-64.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 21 18 85.5 59.0-96.0 3 14.5 4.0-41.0
$50,000+ 13 8 60.4 23.5-88.3 5 39.6 11.7-76.5

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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