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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Have you ever been given a 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%)
TOTAL 1,172 914 76.2 71.3-80.5 258 23.8 19.5-28.7
GENDER
Male 377 301 74.8 64.8-82.8 76 25.2 17.2-35.2
Female 795 613 77.4 73.3-81.0 182 22.6 19.0-26.7
RACE
White 982 772 77.5 71.9-82.3 210 22.5 17.7-28.1
African American 130 96 76.2 66.4-83.8 34 23.8 16.2-33.6
Asian 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 28 23 75.4 43.4-92.5 5 24.6 7.5-56.6
Other Minorities 29 21 64.2 38.2-83.8 8 35.8 16.2-61.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 34 24 63.0 37.7-82.7 10 37.0 17.3-62.3
-English Speaking 18 13 52.8 19.1-84.1 5 47.2 15.9-80.9
-Spanish Speaking 16 11 66.9 35.8-88.0 5 33.1 12.0-64.2
Non-Hispanic 1,136 888 77.3 72.4-81.5 248 22.7 18.5-27.6
AGE
18-24 11 7 57.7 19.8-88.3 4 42.3 11.7-80.2
25-34 34 20 48.7 28.3-69.6 14 51.3 30.4-71.7
35-44 91 58 68.8 56.5-78.9 33 31.2 21.1-43.5
45-54 194 149 80.2 72.9-85.8 45 19.8 14.2-27.1
55-64 309 255 84.5 79.1-88.7 54 15.5 11.3-20.9
65-74 330 260 82.2 77.2-86.3 70 17.8 13.7-22.8
75+ 200 163 81.7 74.1-87.5 37 18.3 12.5-25.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 298 234 74.4 61.1-84.3 64 25.6 15.7-38.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 412 318 74.6 67.5-80.6 94 25.4 19.4-32.5
Some Post-H.S. 278 218 78.4 69.7-85.2 60 21.6 14.8-30.3
College Graduate 184 144 80.1 72.4-86.2 40 19.9 13.8-27.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 284 231 79.7 70.0-86.9 53 20.3 13.1-30.0
$15,000- 24,999 273 206 80.0 73.7-85.2 67 20.0 14.8-26.3
$25,000- 34,999 142 111 81.6 72.1-88.4 31 18.4 11.6-27.9
$35,000- 49,999 140 109 77.5 67.6-85.1 31 22.5 14.9-32.4
$50,000-74,999 79 61 74.8 61.1-84.8 18 25.2 15.2-38.9
$75,000+ 94 73 76.1 59.0-87.6 21 23.9 12.4-41.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 837 684 80.4 74.1-85.4 153 19.6 14.6-25.9
No 323 221 66.5 57.6-74.3 102 33.5 25.7-42.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 193 158 83.9 77.3-88.9 35 16.1 11.1-22.7
Non-Veteran 979 756 74.8 69.1-79.7 223 25.2 20.3-30.9

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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