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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)-WHITES

Would you say that shortness of breath affects the quality of your life?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 991 721 71.3 66.2-75.9 270 28.7 24.1-33.8
GENDER
Male 324 248 73.0 62.8-81.2 76 27.0 18.8-37.2
Female 667 473 70.0 65.2-74.4 194 30.0 25.6-34.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 8 6 82.8 48.2-96.2 2 17.2 3.8-51.8
-English Speaking 8 6 82.8 48.2-96.2 2 17.2 3.8-51.8
Non-Hispanic 981 713 71.1 66.0-75.7 268 28.9 24.3-34.0
AGE
18-24 6 3 58.4 12.7-93.1 3 41.6 6.9-87.3
25-34 23 17 66.3 36.1-87.3 6 33.7 12.7-63.9
35-44 58 40 73.2 58.4-84.1 18 26.8 15.9-41.6
45-54 153 112 70.0 58.8-79.2 41 30.0 20.8-41.2
55-64 276 220 80.4 73.8-85.7 56 19.6 14.3-26.2
65-74 295 202 67.4 60.5-73.6 93 32.6 26.4-39.5
75+ 180 127 69.3 60.6-76.9 53 30.7 23.1-39.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 237 193 80.2 69.6-87.8 44 19.8 12.2-30.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 347 260 73.4 66.3-79.5 87 26.6 20.5-33.7
Some Post-H.S. 239 172 66.7 53.3-77.9 67 33.3 22.1-46.7
College Graduate 168 96 59.3 49.6-68.3 72 40.7 31.7-50.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 233 195 85.4 79.2-90.0 38 14.6 10.0-20.8
$15,000- 24,999 230 179 78.6 70.9-84.8 51 21.4 15.2-29.1
$25,000- 34,999 116 89 79.6 69.7-86.9 27 20.4 13.1-30.3
$35,000- 49,999 123 86 68.1 56.7-77.7 37 31.9 22.3-43.3
$50,000-74,999 68 44 69.1 54.8-80.5 24 30.9 19.5-45.2
$75,000+ 85 39 41.0 25.4-58.7 46 59.0 41.3-74.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 719 579 79.8 74.8-84.1 140 20.2 15.9-25.2
No 263 138 48.6 39.0-58.2 125 51.4 41.8-61.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 173 133 80.0 72.0-86.1 40 20.0 13.9-28.0
Non-Veteran 818 588 69.4 63.5-74.8 230 30.6 25.2-36.5

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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