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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 516 215 39.4 33.7-45.4 301 60.6 54.6-66.3
GENDER
Male 160 55 30.9 22.2-41.1 105 69.1 58.9-77.8
Female 356 160 45.3 38.4-52.5 196 54.7 47.5-61.6
RACE
White 435 183 42.4 36.3-48.7 252 57.6 51.3-63.7
African American 57 26 46.0 30.2-62.7 31 54.0 37.3-69.8
Other Minorities 24 6 14.0 5.2-32.5 18 86.0 67.5-94.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 4 9.8 2.8-29.5 13 90.2 70.5-97.2
Non-Hispanic 497 209 42.2 36.5-48.1 288 57.8 51.9-63.5
AGE
18-24 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
25-34 13 4 26.0 8.1-58.3 9 74.0 41.7-91.9
35-44 39 17 50.0 31.1-68.9 22 50.0 31.1-68.9
45-54 85 38 38.4 25.7-52.9 47 61.6 47.1-74.3
55-64 141 67 46.0 35.7-56.6 74 54.0 43.4-64.3
65-74 135 47 35.5 25.6-46.7 88 64.5 53.3-74.4
75+ 98 42 47.8 35.7-60.1 56 52.2 39.9-64.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 129 53 35.3 24.8-47.4 76 64.7 52.6-75.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 168 67 35.8 26.3-46.6 101 64.2 53.4-73.7
Some Post-H.S. 121 54 46.9 34.8-59.4 67 53.1 40.6-65.2
College Graduate 98 41 42.4 30.2-55.6 57 57.6 44.4-69.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 118 58 44.7 31.4-58.8 60 55.3 41.2-68.6
$15,000- 24,999 122 52 43.8 32.0-56.2 70 56.2 43.8-68.0
$25,000- 34,999 59 22 39.1 24.3-56.2 37 60.9 43.8-75.7
$35,000- 49,999 56 24 45.9 30.3-62.3 32 54.1 37.7-69.7
$50,000-74,999 33 9 19.0 8.4-37.6 24 81.0 62.4-91.6
$75,000+ 54 18 31.2 17.3-49.5 36 68.8 50.5-82.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 354 171 47.0 39.8-54.4 183 53.0 45.6-60.2
No 153 43 23.5 15.8-33.5 110 76.5 66.5-84.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 88 33 39.2 27.1-52.9 55 60.8 47.1-72.9
Non-Veteran 428 182 39.4 33.1-46.2 246 60.6 53.8-66.9

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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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