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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 18 8 38.5 18.6-63.0 10 61.5 37.0-81.4

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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.

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