BRFSS 2007 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Have you ever been given breathing test to diagnose your COPD, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema?*)

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,172	914	76.2	71.3-80.5	258	23.8	19.5-28.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	34	28	78.6	57.7-90.8	6	21.4	9.2-42.3
Buncombe	26	18	70.4	48.8-85.6	8	29.6	14.4-51.2
Cabarrus	22	19	76.3	45.7-92.5	3	23.7	7.5-54.3
Catawba	31	23	69.2	39.9-88.3	8	30.8	11.7-60.1
Cumberland	35	31	86.6	67.3-95.3	4	13.4	4.7-32.7
Davidson	45	35	78.0	54.1-91.4	10	22.0	8.6-45.9
Durham	11	10	88.7	49.9-98.4	1	11.3	1.6-50.1
Forsyth	25	20	85.0	65.1-94.5	5	15.0	5.5-34.9
Gaston	37	34	93.8	80.6-98.2	3	6.2	1.8-19.4
Guilford	29	23	80.6	60.0-92.0	6	19.4	8.0-40.0
Iredell	32	23	59.2	37.6-77.8	9	40.8	22.2-62.4
Johnston	39	30	75.7	57.1-87.9	9	24.3	12.1-42.9
Mecklenburg	41	37	83.1	55.6-95.1	4	16.9	4.9-44.4
New Hanover	18	16	84.1	53.9-96.0	2	15.9	4.0-46.1
Onslow	34	22	66.3	47.2-81.2	12	33.7	18.8-52.8
Orange	12	8	75.1	43.4-92.2	4	24.9	7.8-56.6
Pitt	35	24	68.6	49.7-82.8	11	31.4	17.2-50.3
Randolph	37	28	74.2	54.2-87.5	9	25.8	12.5-45.8
Robeson	35	28	60.8	32.4-83.4	7	39.2	16.6-67.6
Rowan	34	23	55.7	32.6-76.5	11	44.3	23.5-67.4
Union	19	15	73.9	46.7-90.1	4	26.1	9.9-53.3
Wake	34	25	72.2	52.4-86.0	9	27.8	14.0-47.6
Wayne	31	23	63.8	32.4-86.6	8	36.2	13.4-67.6
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	402	313	70.3	58.8-79.8	89	29.7	20.2-41.2
Piedmont	508	406	79.6	74.4-84.0	102	20.4	16.0-25.6
Western NC	262	195	78.2	72.1-83.2	67	21.8	16.8-27.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	170	130	81.2	73.7-86.9	40	18.8	13.1-26.3
Northwest	263	194	73.9	66.2-80.3	69	26.1	19.7-33.8
Charlotte	137	121	84.5	71.5-92.3	16	15.5	7.7-28.5
Greensboro	129	101	81.6	72.4-88.2	28	18.4	11.8-27.6
Southern Regional	123	98	77.9	65.6-86.6	25	22.1	13.4-34.4
Coastal	62	54	66.2	30.6-89.7	8	33.8	10.3-69.4
Wake	99	78	76.8	64.6-85.8	21	23.2	14.2-35.4
Area L	27	21	76.2	49.5-91.3	6	23.8	8.7-50.5
Eastern	162	117	63.8	47.8-77.2	45	36.2	22.8-52.2

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,172

914

76.2

71.3-80.5

258

23.8

19.5-28.7

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

78.6

57.7-90.8

21.4

9.2-42.3

Buncombe

70.4

48.8-85.6

29.6

14.4-51.2

Cabarrus

76.3

45.7-92.5

23.7

7.5-54.3

Catawba

69.2

39.9-88.3

30.8

11.7-60.1

Cumberland

86.6

67.3-95.3

13.4

4.7-32.7

Davidson

78.0

54.1-91.4

22.0

8.6-45.9

Durham

88.7

49.9-98.4

11.3

1.6-50.1

Forsyth

85.0

65.1-94.5

15.0

5.5-34.9

Gaston

93.8

80.6-98.2

6.2

1.8-19.4

Guilford

80.6

60.0-92.0

19.4

8.0-40.0

Iredell

59.2

37.6-77.8

40.8

22.2-62.4

Johnston

75.7

57.1-87.9

24.3

12.1-42.9

Mecklenburg

83.1

55.6-95.1

16.9

4.9-44.4

New Hanover

84.1

53.9-96.0

15.9

4.0-46.1

Onslow

66.3

47.2-81.2

33.7

18.8-52.8

Orange

75.1

43.4-92.2

24.9

7.8-56.6

Pitt

68.6

49.7-82.8

31.4

17.2-50.3

Randolph

74.2

54.2-87.5

25.8

12.5-45.8

Robeson

60.8

32.4-83.4

39.2

16.6-67.6

Rowan

55.7

32.6-76.5

44.3

23.5-67.4

Union

73.9

46.7-90.1

26.1

9.9-53.3

Wake

72.2

52.4-86.0

27.8

14.0-47.6

Wayne

63.8

32.4-86.6

36.2

13.4-67.6

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

402

313

70.3

58.8-79.8

29.7

20.2-41.2

Piedmont

508

406

79.6

74.4-84.0

102

20.4

16.0-25.6

Western NC

262

195

78.2

72.1-83.2

21.8

16.8-27.9

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

170

130

81.2

73.7-86.9

18.8

13.1-26.3

Northwest

263

194

73.9

66.2-80.3

26.1

19.7-33.8

Charlotte

137

121

84.5

71.5-92.3

15.5

7.7-28.5

Greensboro

129

101

81.6

72.4-88.2

18.4

11.8-27.6

Southern Regional

123

77.9

65.6-86.6

22.1

13.4-34.4

Coastal

66.2

30.6-89.7

33.8

10.3-69.4

Wake

76.8

64.6-85.8

23.2

14.2-35.4

Area L

76.2

49.5-91.3

23.8

8.7-50.5

Eastern

162

117

63.8

47.8-77.2

36.2

22.8-52.2

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.

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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