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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)-FEMALES

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 799 572 70.3 65.7-74.5 227 29.7 25.5-34.3
RACE
White 667 473 70.0 65.2-74.4 194 30.0 25.6-34.8
African American 97 73 75.5 62.0-85.4 24 24.5 14.6-38.0
Asian 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 20 17 86.1 58.5-96.5 3 13.9 3.5-41.5
Other Minorities 14 8 41.6 15.6-73.3 6 58.4 26.7-84.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 19 14 62.8 30.4-86.7 5 37.2 13.3-69.6
-English Speaking 13 10 84.4 55.2-95.9 3 15.6 4.1-44.8
-Spanish Speaking 6 4 47.6 12.6-85.2 2 52.4 14.8-87.4
Non-Hispanic 779 557 70.6 66.1-74.8 222 29.4 25.2-33.9
AGE
18-24 4 3 83.7 33.5-98.1 1 16.3 1.9-66.5
25-34 20 14 70.0 44.2-87.3 6 30.0 12.7-55.8
35-44 63 44 73.0 57.0-84.7 19 27.0 15.3-43.0
45-54 144 111 75.1 63.2-84.2 33 24.9 15.8-36.8
55-64 225 171 73.7 65.4-80.6 54 26.3 19.4-34.6
65-74 201 132 65.2 56.1-73.3 69 34.8 26.7-43.9
75+ 139 96 67.5 57.5-76.2 43 32.5 23.8-42.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 199 161 77.4 67.6-85.0 38 22.6 15.0-32.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 286 213 73.3 65.3-80.1 73 26.7 19.9-34.7
Some Post-H.S. 205 142 67.5 58.2-75.6 63 32.5 24.4-41.8
College Graduate 109 56 54.4 42.3-65.9 53 45.6 34.1-57.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 212 180 84.4 77.6-89.3 32 15.6 10.7-22.4
$15,000- 24,999 190 138 74.6 65.9-81.7 52 25.4 18.3-34.1
$25,000- 34,999 95 72 69.3 53.5-81.6 23 30.7 18.4-46.5
$35,000- 49,999 83 53 63.7 49.3-76.1 30 36.3 23.9-50.7
$50,000-74,999 53 31 66.6 49.7-80.1 22 33.4 19.9-50.3
$75,000+ 47 19 40.9 24.9-59.0 28 59.1 41.0-75.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 573 456 79.3 74.2-83.6 117 20.7 16.4-25.8
No 220 112 49.0 40.4-57.7 108 51.0 42.3-59.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 14 11 78.0 46.9-93.5 3 22.0 6.5-53.1
Non-Veteran 785 561 70.2 65.6-74.4 224 29.8 25.6-34.4

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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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