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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Have you ever been given breathing test to diagnose your COPD, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,172 914 76.2 71.3-80.5 258 23.8 19.5-28.7
-Piedmont NC 508 406 79.6 74.4-84.0 102 20.4 16.0-25.6
GENDER
Male 156 130 83.6 73.7-90.3 26 16.4 9.7-26.3
Female 352 276 76.8 70.5-82.1 76 23.2 17.9-29.5
RACE
White 427 344 79.9 74.6-84.2 83 20.1 15.8-25.4
African American 58 44 82.6 69.1-91.0 14 17.4 9.0-30.9
Other Minorities 23 18 74.4 45.7-90.9 5 25.6 9.1-54.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 12 69.8 37.9-89.8 5 30.2 10.2-62.1
Non-Hispanic 489 392 80.5 75.8-84.5 97 19.5 15.5-24.2
AGE
18-24 3 2 90.0 44.6-99.0 1 10.0 1.0-55.4
25-34 13 7 49.2 20.4-78.6 6 50.8 21.4-79.6
35-44 40 24 67.0 48.5-81.4 16 33.0 18.6-51.5
45-54 82 63 82.5 71.9-89.6 19 17.5 10.4-28.1
55-64 137 115 83.9 75.3-89.9 22 16.1 10.1-24.7
65-74 134 112 85.8 77.8-91.2 22 14.2 8.8-22.2
75+ 97 82 85.4 74.2-92.3 15 14.6 7.7-25.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 130 105 83.6 74.4-90.0 25 16.4 10.0-25.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 168 133 80.2 71.5-86.8 35 19.8 13.2-28.5
Some Post-H.S. 115 88 70.2 55.8-81.5 27 29.8 18.5-44.2
College Graduate 95 80 83.7 72.2-91.0 15 16.3 9.0-27.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 117 99 84.1 73.2-91.1 18 15.9 8.9-26.8
$15,000- 24,999 118 92 79.9 69.1-87.6 26 20.1 12.4-30.9
$25,000- 34,999 58 47 85.7 71.2-93.6 11 14.3 6.4-28.8
$35,000- 49,999 56 41 71.1 54.5-83.5 15 28.9 16.5-45.5
$50,000-74,999 32 22 67.1 45.9-83.0 10 32.9 17.0-54.1
$75,000+ 53 44 76.1 51.6-90.5 9 23.9 9.5-48.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 348 292 85.7 80.7-89.6 56 14.3 10.4-19.3
No 152 108 66.8 54.9-76.8 44 33.2 23.2-45.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 85 71 86.3 76.0-92.6 14 13.7 7.4-24.0
Non-Veteran 423 335 78.3 72.3-83.3 88 21.7 16.7-27.7

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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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