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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

Did you have to visit an emergency room or be admitted to the hospital in the past 12 months
because of your COPD, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,190 175 14.8 12.1-18.0 1,015 85.2 82.0-87.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,059 152 13.2 10.8-16.1 907 86.8 83.9-89.2
No 130 23 24.3 14.3-38.2 107 75.7 61.8-85.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 32 10 41.5 21.9-64.2 22 58.5 35.8-78.1
Recommended Range 318 40 16.0 10.4-23.7 278 84.0 76.3-89.6
Overweight 396 54 12.3 8.6-17.2 342 87.7 82.8-91.4
Obese 398 65 16.0 11.4-22.0 333 84.0 78.0-88.6
Current Smoker
No 758 106 12.7 9.9-16.2 652 87.3 83.8-90.1
Yes 431 69 18.3 13.3-24.7 362 81.7 75.3-86.7
Binge Drinker
No 1,127 167 14.9 12.2-18.0 960 85.1 82.0-87.8
Yes 57 8 15.9 5.6-37.5 49 84.1 62.5-94.4
Heavy Drinker
No 1,145 171 14.7 12.0-17.8 974 85.3 82.2-88.0
Yes 34 4 21.6 6.0-54.2 30 78.4 45.8-94.0
Current Asthma
Yes 401 95 24.7 18.7-32.0 306 75.3 68.0-81.3
No 769 79 9.5 7.2-12.5 690 90.5 87.5-92.8
Diabetes
Yes 255 51 21.3 14.9-29.6 204 78.7 70.4-85.1
No 894 117 12.8 9.9-16.3 777 87.2 83.7-90.1
Disability
Yes 849 155 19.2 15.5-23.5 694 80.8 76.5-84.5
No 328 20 5.3 3.1- 8.7 308 94.7 91.3-96.9
Hypertension
Yes 663 107 18.2 14.4-22.7 556 81.8 77.3-85.6
No 524 67 11.5 8.1-16.2 457 88.5 83.8-91.9

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.

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