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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,178 855 69.7 65.0-74.0 323 30.3 26.0-35.0
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 35 26 63.0 39.7-81.5 9 37.0 18.5-60.3
Buncombe 26 21 76.6 54.0-90.2 5 23.4 9.8-46.0
Cabarrus 22 15 63.1 38.9-82.1 7 36.9 17.9-61.1
Catawba 32 19 38.1 17.4-64.2 13 61.9 35.8-82.6
Cumberland 36 28 80.3 63.8-90.5 8 19.7 9.5-36.2
Davidson 43 32 79.8 59.1-91.6 11 20.2 8.4-40.9
Durham 11 6 56.2 27.0-81.6 5 43.8 18.4-73.0
Forsyth 24 18 75.6 53.1-89.5 6 24.4 10.5-46.9
Gaston 41 33 77.5 54.0-91.0 8 22.5 9.0-46.0
Guilford 29 18 60.6 37.0-80.1 11 39.4 19.9-63.0
Iredell 32 19 55.1 34.7-74.0 13 44.9 26.0-65.3
Johnston 39 30 74.1 55.5-86.8 9 25.9 13.2-44.5
Mecklenburg 40 30 74.8 51.0-89.4 10 25.2 10.6-49.0
New Hanover 18 14 74.6 48.3-90.3 4 25.4 9.7-51.7
Onslow 34 28 85.9 68.8-94.4 6 14.1 5.6-31.2
Orange 13 6 35.1 13.4-65.2 7 64.9 34.8-86.6
Pitt 35 19 53.9 34.8-72.0 16 46.1 28.0-65.2
Randolph 39 32 73.7 48.8-89.2 7 26.3 10.8-51.2
Robeson 34 23 56.1 30.5-78.9 11 43.9 21.1-69.5
Rowan 34 26 63.9 38.2-83.5 8 36.1 16.5-61.8
Union 19 15 76.3 48.9-91.6 4 23.7 8.4-51.1
Wake 33 16 42.4 24.9-61.9 17 57.6 38.1-75.1
Wayne 31 24 82.0 62.7-92.5 7 18.0 7.5-37.3
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 400 295 71.0 60.8-79.4 105 29.0 20.6-39.2
Piedmont 512 360 66.8 60.6-72.5 152 33.2 27.5-39.4
Western NC 266 200 75.9 69.1-81.7 66 24.1 18.3-30.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 171 124 74.9 66.7-81.7 47 25.1 18.3-33.3
Northwest 264 193 69.4 60.3-77.2 71 30.6 22.8-39.7
Charlotte 140 107 74.3 62.0-83.7 33 25.7 16.3-38.0
Greensboro 133 95 67.5 54.3-78.4 38 32.5 21.6-45.7
Southern Regional 123 84 58.7 41.6-74.0 39 41.3 26.0-58.4
Coastal 59 48 91.6 81.9-96.3 11 8.4 3.7-18.1
Wake 98 64 58.0 44.9-70.1 34 42.0 29.9-55.1
Area L 27 23 89.0 72.3-96.1 4 11.0 3.9-27.7
Eastern 163 117 63.9 48.3-77.0 46 36.1 23.0-51.7

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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.

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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