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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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%)
North Carolina 1,188 521 42.5 38.0-47.1 667 57.5 52.9-62.0
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 33 15 36.0 19.8-56.3 18 64.0 43.7-80.2
Buncombe 25 8 29.9 14.7-51.3 17 70.1 48.7-85.3
Cabarrus 22 10 46.7 25.4-69.3 12 53.3 30.7-74.6
Catawba 32 11 20.9 8.8-41.7 21 79.1 58.3-91.2
Cumberland 36 21 65.1 47.5-79.4 15 34.9 20.6-52.5
Davidson 46 18 28.1 14.2-48.0 28 71.9 52.0-85.8
Durham 11 7 65.6 34.3-87.4 4 34.4 12.6-65.7
Forsyth 25 9 38.4 20.3-60.5 16 61.6 39.5-79.7
Gaston 41 19 48.2 30.2-66.7 22 51.8 33.3-69.8
Guilford 30 10 29.8 13.8-53.1 20 70.2 46.9-86.2
Iredell 32 11 33.5 17.9-53.7 21 66.5 46.3-82.1
Johnston 40 19 45.8 29.6-62.9 21 54.2 37.1-70.4
Mecklenburg 42 19 29.8 16.0-48.7 23 70.2 51.3-84.0
New Hanover 18 8 38.5 18.6-63.0 10 61.5 37.0-81.4
Onslow 34 16 48.5 30.4-67.0 18 51.5 33.0-69.6
Orange 13 5 34.1 12.5-65.2 8 65.9 34.8-87.5
Pitt 35 13 39.2 22.6-58.8 22 60.8 41.2-77.4
Randolph 38 16 36.3 20.7-55.6 22 63.7 44.4-79.3
Robeson 35 17 42.8 22.4-66.1 18 57.2 33.9-77.6
Rowan 34 13 61.5 40.6-78.8 21 38.5 21.2-59.4
Union 19 8 42.7 21.7-66.8 11 57.3 33.2-78.3
Wake 34 8 22.7 10.1-43.4 26 77.3 56.6-89.9
Wayne 31 12 36.0 17.5-59.9 19 64.0 40.1-82.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 406 187 46.3 37.2-55.8 219 53.7 44.2-62.8
Piedmont 516 215 39.4 33.7-45.4 301 60.6 54.6-66.3
Western NC 266 119 44.1 37.0-51.5 147 55.9 48.5-63.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 172 73 40.7 32.1-49.8 99 59.3 50.2-67.9
Northwest 267 109 40.4 32.4-49.0 158 59.6 51.0-67.6
Charlotte 141 65 40.5 30.0-52.0 76 59.5 48.0-70.0
Greensboro 131 55 41.6 29.7-54.5 76 58.4 45.5-70.3
Southern Regional 125 59 42.0 29.1-56.1 66 58.0 43.9-70.9
Coastal 62 38 73.7 53.8-87.1 24 26.3 12.9-46.2
Wake 100 45 39.2 27.9-51.7 55 60.8 48.3-72.1
Area L 27 12 40.9 22.2-62.6 15 59.1 37.4-77.8
Eastern 163 65 33.9 24.2-45.1 98 66.1 54.9-75.8

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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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