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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Other than a routine visit, have you had to see a doctor in the past 12 months for symptoms
related to shortness of breath, bronchitis, or other COPD, or emphysema flare?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,188 521 42.5 38.0-47.1 667 57.5 52.9-62.0
GENDER
Male 383 144 36.1 28.2-44.9 239 63.9 55.1-71.8
Female 805 377 47.7 43.1-52.3 428 52.3 47.7-56.9
RACE
White 997 439 45.4 40.4-50.6 558 54.6 49.4-59.6
African American 129 54 40.4 30.0-51.8 75 59.6 48.2-70.0
Asian 2 1 60.2 8.6-96.0 1 39.8 4.0-91.4
Native American 28 16 50.7 26.8-74.2 12 49.3 25.8-73.2
Other Minorities 31 11 15.4 6.9-31.1 20 84.6 68.9-93.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 14 17.0 8.2-32.0 21 83.0 68.0-91.8
-English Speaking 18 10 46.4 17.0-78.6 8 53.6 21.4-83.0
-Spanish Speaking 17 4 5.9 1.9-17.2 13 94.1 82.8-98.1
Non-Hispanic 1,151 505 44.4 39.9-49.1 646 55.6 50.9-60.1
AGE
18-24 11 3 34.8 7.5-77.8 8 65.2 22.2-92.5
25-34 35 12 29.0 14.4-49.8 23 71.0 50.2-85.6
35-44 92 45 53.3 40.3-65.8 47 46.7 34.2-59.7
45-54 195 90 42.1 33.3-51.3 105 57.9 48.7-66.7
55-64 316 152 48.4 41.4-55.5 164 51.6 44.5-58.6
65-74 334 132 39.3 32.9-46.1 202 60.7 53.9-67.1
75+ 202 86 44.8 36.6-53.4 116 55.2 46.6-63.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 301 136 44.1 34.0-54.8 165 55.9 45.2-66.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 414 186 41.0 34.5-47.8 228 59.0 52.2-65.5
Some Post-H.S. 285 123 44.0 34.9-53.5 162 56.0 46.5-65.1
College Graduate 188 76 40.4 31.8-49.8 112 59.6 50.2-68.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 289 147 44.9 36.1-54.1 142 55.1 45.9-63.9
$15,000- 24,999 278 114 45.8 38.0-53.8 164 54.2 46.2-62.0
$25,000- 34,999 144 55 41.8 31.0-53.5 89 58.2 46.5-69.0
$35,000- 49,999 140 58 44.8 34.7-55.4 82 55.2 44.6-65.3
$50,000-74,999 80 36 39.0 27.1-52.3 44 61.0 47.7-72.9
$75,000+ 96 35 28.9 17.7-43.4 61 71.1 56.6-82.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 848 427 51.3 45.9-56.6 421 48.7 43.4-54.1
No 327 92 23.0 17.5-29.6 235 77.0 70.4-82.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 196 80 42.8 34.3-51.8 116 57.2 48.2-65.7
Non-Veteran 992 441 42.4 37.4-47.7 551 57.6 52.3-62.6

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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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