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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Have you ever been told by a doctor or health professional that you have
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema or chronic bronchitis?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,067 1,198 6.2 5.7- 6.8 12,869 93.8 93.2-94.3
-Piedmont NC 6,754 522 5.3 4.7- 6.0 6,232 94.7 94.0-95.3
GENDER
Male 2,482 162 4.6 3.7- 5.7 2,320 95.4 94.3-96.3
Female 4,272 360 6.0 5.2- 6.9 3,912 94.0 93.1-94.8
RACE
White 5,440 440 5.5 4.9- 6.2 5,000 94.5 93.8-95.1
African American 913 58 4.3 3.1- 6.0 855 95.7 94.0-96.9
Other Minorities 381 24 5.9 3.4-10.0 357 94.1 90.0-96.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 291 17 6.1 3.2-11.3 274 93.9 88.7-96.8
Non-Hispanic 6,450 503 5.2 4.6- 5.8 5,947 94.8 94.2-95.4
AGE
18-24 218 3 1.6 0.4- 5.5 215 98.4 94.5-99.6
25-34 668 13 2.0 1.0- 3.8 655 98.0 96.2-99.0
35-44 1,145 40 2.9 2.0- 4.3 1,105 97.1 95.7-98.0
45-54 1,400 85 5.4 4.1- 7.1 1,315 94.6 92.9-95.9
55-64 1,379 143 9.3 7.5-11.3 1,236 90.7 88.7-92.5
65-74 1,067 137 12.9 10.5-15.8 930 87.1 84.2-89.5
75+ 838 99 10.4 8.2-13.1 739 89.6 86.9-91.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 873 133 11.0 8.5-14.0 740 89.0 86.0-91.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,867 169 6.0 4.9- 7.5 1,698 94.0 92.5-95.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,715 121 4.7 3.7- 6.1 1,594 95.3 93.9-96.3
College Graduate 2,293 99 2.8 2.2- 3.7 2,194 97.2 96.3-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 605 120 16.1 12.2-21.0 485 83.9 79.0-87.8
$15,000- 24,999 952 124 8.4 6.5-10.8 828 91.6 89.2-93.5
$25,000- 34,999 680 59 6.6 4.7- 9.2 621 93.4 90.8-95.3
$35,000- 49,999 942 56 4.8 3.4- 6.6 886 95.2 93.4-96.6
$50,000-74,999 1,002 33 2.8 1.8- 4.2 969 97.2 95.8-98.2
$75,000+ 1,649 55 2.4 1.7- 3.5 1,594 97.6 96.5-98.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,292 358 12.6 11.0-14.6 1,934 87.4 85.4-89.0
No 4,415 155 2.3 1.8- 2.9 4,260 97.7 97.1-98.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 909 89 7.6 5.8- 9.8 820 92.4 90.2-94.2
Non-Veteran 5,843 433 5.0 4.4- 5.7 5,410 95.0 94.3-95.6

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^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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