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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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%)
North Carolina 1,178 855 69.7 65.0-74.0 323 30.3 26.0-35.0
-Piedmont NC 512 360 66.8 60.6-72.5 152 33.2 27.5-39.4
GENDER
Male 158 109 66.5 55.2-76.2 49 33.5 23.8-44.8
Female 354 251 67.1 59.7-73.6 103 32.9 26.4-40.3
RACE
White 432 307 69.2 63.0-74.8 125 30.8 25.2-37.0
African American 56 42 74.8 57.9-86.5 14 25.2 13.5-42.1
Other Minorities 24 11 43.5 20.0-70.3 13 56.5 29.7-80.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 9 44.7 17.7-75.2 8 55.3 24.8-82.3
Non-Hispanic 493 349 69.1 63.3-74.3 144 30.9 25.7-36.7
AGE
18-24 3 2 90.0 44.6-99.0 1 10.0 1.0-55.4
25-34 13 6 31.9 11.4-63.1 7 68.1 36.9-88.6
35-44 39 19 57.1 38.0-74.3 20 42.9 25.7-62.0
45-54 84 65 69.9 54.2-82.1 19 30.1 17.9-45.8
55-64 143 108 73.7 63.4-81.9 35 26.3 18.1-36.6
65-74 131 88 68.1 57.2-77.2 43 31.9 22.8-42.8
75+ 97 72 75.4 63.2-84.5 25 24.6 15.5-36.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 131 99 69.7 56.7-80.1 32 30.3 19.9-43.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 164 122 71.5 60.4-80.5 42 28.5 19.5-39.6
Some Post-H.S. 120 83 61.5 47.9-73.5 37 38.5 26.5-52.1
College Graduate 97 56 61.1 48.1-72.8 41 38.9 27.2-51.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 120 96 82.8 72.5-89.8 24 17.2 10.2-27.5
$15,000- 24,999 123 96 70.8 56.7-81.7 27 29.2 18.3-43.3
$25,000- 34,999 56 42 64.9 45.8-80.2 14 35.1 19.8-54.2
$35,000- 49,999 54 35 62.6 44.8-77.5 19 37.4 22.5-55.2
$50,000-74,999 33 20 62.5 41.7-79.4 13 37.5 20.6-58.3
$75,000+ 53 23 38.7 23.0-57.0 30 61.3 43.0-77.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 356 282 78.9 72.4-84.1 74 21.1 15.9-27.6
No 147 75 42.0 31.0-53.8 72 58.0 46.2-69.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 86 62 75.5 63.2-84.7 24 24.5 15.3-36.8
Non-Veteran 426 298 65.1 58.1-71.6 128 34.9 28.4-41.9

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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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