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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 1,178 855 69.7 65.0-74.0 323 30.3 26.0-35.0
GENDER
Male 379 283 68.9 59.9-76.7 96 31.1 23.3-40.1
Female 799 572 70.3 65.7-74.5 227 29.7 25.5-34.3
RACE
White 991 721 71.3 66.2-75.9 270 28.7 24.1-33.8
African American 126 93 74.0 63.1-82.6 33 26.0 17.4-36.9
Asian 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 28 21 65.1 38.1-85.0 7 34.9 15.0-61.9
Other Minorities 30 18 48.2 25.7-71.5 12 51.8 28.5-74.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 34 21 47.8 25.4-71.0 13 52.2 29.0-74.6
-English Speaking 18 12 45.7 16.9-77.7 6 54.3 22.3-83.1
-Spanish Speaking 16 9 48.6 21.4-76.6 7 51.4 23.4-78.6
Non-Hispanic 1,142 832 71.4 66.9-75.5 310 28.6 24.5-33.1
AGE
18-24 11 8 73.5 29.6-94.8 3 26.5 5.2-70.4
25-34 35 18 39.1 21.7-59.9 17 60.9 40.1-78.3
35-44 90 62 68.9 55.9-79.4 28 31.1 20.6-44.1
45-54 196 148 74.1 64.5-81.8 48 25.9 18.2-35.5
55-64 315 249 78.9 72.5-84.1 66 21.1 15.9-27.5
65-74 329 227 68.7 62.1-74.7 102 31.3 25.3-37.9
75+ 199 142 72.1 64.1-78.9 57 27.9 21.1-35.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 302 244 75.6 66.0-83.2 58 24.4 16.8-34.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 406 304 73.4 66.2-79.6 102 26.6 20.4-33.8
Some Post-H.S. 284 202 63.3 52.0-73.2 82 36.7 26.8-48.0
College Graduate 186 105 60.0 50.8-68.5 81 40.0 31.5-49.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 289 242 81.1 71.4-88.1 47 18.9 11.9-28.6
$15,000- 24,999 278 213 75.5 67.3-82.2 65 24.5 17.8-32.7
$25,000- 34,999 141 106 71.6 60.0-80.9 35 28.4 19.1-40.0
$35,000- 49,999 138 93 65.4 54.4-74.9 45 34.6 25.1-45.6
$50,000-74,999 80 50 67.8 54.4-78.7 30 32.2 21.3-45.6
$75,000+ 94 43 38.7 24.6-55.1 51 61.3 44.9-75.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 848 687 80.6 76.2-84.4 161 19.4 15.6-23.8
No 318 163 45.2 36.6-54.0 155 54.8 46.0-63.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 193 147 79.3 71.9-85.1 46 20.7 14.9-28.1
Non-Veteran 985 708 67.9 62.5-72.8 277 32.1 27.2-37.5

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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.

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