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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema or chronic bronchitis?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,067 1,198 6.2 5.7- 6.8 12,869 93.8 93.2-94.3
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 332 35 8.6 5.6-12.9 297 91.4 87.1-94.4
Buncombe 341 26 5.6 3.6- 8.6 315 94.4 91.4-96.4
Cabarrus 346 22 5.0 3.1- 8.1 324 95.0 91.9-96.9
Catawba 386 32 8.5 4.7-14.8 354 91.5 85.2-95.3
Cumberland 353 36 7.4 5.1-10.7 317 92.6 89.3-94.9
Davidson 348 46 12.1 7.4-19.0 302 87.9 81.0-92.6
Durham 314 11 1.8 0.9- 3.3 303 98.2 96.7-99.1
Forsyth 362 25 4.4 2.8- 6.7 337 95.6 93.3-97.2
Gaston 370 41 8.4 5.7-12.1 329 91.6 87.9-94.3
Guilford 364 30 5.0 3.2- 7.7 334 95.0 92.3-96.8
Iredell 371 32 5.8 3.8- 8.6 339 94.2 91.4-96.2
Johnston 417 41 5.5 3.8- 8.0 376 94.5 92.0-96.2
Mecklenburg 646 42 5.4 3.6- 8.3 604 94.6 91.7-96.4
New Hanover 374 18 2.9 1.7- 4.8 356 97.1 95.2-98.3
Onslow 358 34 5.2 3.5- 7.6 324 94.8 92.4-96.5
Orange 335 13 2.5 1.3- 4.8 322 97.5 95.2-98.7
Pitt 368 35 7.0 4.7-10.1 333 93.0 89.9-95.3
Randolph 358 39 7.4 5.0-10.8 319 92.6 89.2-95.0
Robeson 392 35 6.3 3.8-10.1 357 93.7 89.9-96.2
Rowan 423 35 7.4 4.7-11.4 388 92.6 88.6-95.3
Union 356 19 3.6 2.2- 5.9 337 96.4 94.1-97.8
Wake 580 34 3.3 2.2- 4.8 546 96.7 95.2-97.8
Wayne 341 31 8.4 5.0-13.7 310 91.6 86.3-95.0
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,552 407 7.4 6.2- 8.9 4,145 92.6 91.1-93.8
Piedmont 6,754 522 5.3 4.7- 6.0 6,232 94.7 94.0-95.3
Western NC 2,761 269 7.5 6.5- 8.7 2,492 92.5 91.3-93.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,824 174 7.2 6.0- 8.7 1,650 92.8 91.3-94.0
Northwest 2,949 269 6.8 5.8- 8.1 2,680 93.2 91.9-94.2
Charlotte 1,934 143 5.6 4.4- 7.1 1,791 94.4 92.9-95.6
Greensboro 1,588 134 6.4 5.0- 8.2 1,454 93.6 91.8-95.0
Southern Regional 1,294 125 7.6 5.6-10.1 1,169 92.4 89.9-94.4
Coastal 726 62 9.9 5.9-16.1 664 90.1 83.9-94.1
Wake 1,510 101 3.5 2.7- 4.5 1,409 96.5 95.5-97.3
Area L 383 27 5.6 3.6- 8.6 356 94.4 91.4-96.4
Eastern 1,859 163 6.6 5.1- 8.5 1,696 93.4 91.5-94.9

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^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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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