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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Have you ever been given a 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
-Western NC 262 195 78.2 72.1-83.2 67 21.8 16.8-27.9
GENDER
Male 85 68 80.9 69.9-88.5 17 19.1 11.5-30.1
Female 177 127 76.4 68.9-82.6 50 23.6 17.4-31.1
RACE
White 248 184 77.8 71.5-83.0 64 22.2 17.0-28.5
African American 7 6 82.2 34.9-97.5 1 17.8 2.5-65.1
Other Minorities 7 5 86.9 53.4-97.5 2 13.1 2.5-46.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 4 94.3 64.1-99.3 1 5.7 0.7-35.9
Non-Hispanic 257 191 77.9 71.7-83.0 66 22.1 17.0-28.3
AGE
18-24 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 5 4 84.8 36.8-98.2 1 15.2 1.8-63.2
35-44 19 14 78.7 54.3-92.0 5 21.3 8.0-45.7
45-54 42 31 76.3 58.6-88.0 11 23.7 12.0-41.4
55-64 71 55 79.9 68.2-88.0 16 20.1 12.0-31.8
65-74 83 60 75.5 64.3-84.1 23 24.5 15.9-35.7
75+ 40 29 77.8 61.4-88.5 11 22.2 11.5-38.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 84 63 79.5 68.2-87.5 21 20.5 12.5-31.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 89 68 80.0 69.6-87.5 21 20.0 12.5-30.4
Some Post-H.S. 55 43 82.4 68.7-90.9 12 17.6 9.1-31.3
College Graduate 34 21 64.2 45.6-79.3 13 35.8 20.7-54.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 69 55 78.6 65.7-87.6 14 21.4 12.4-34.3
$15,000- 24,999 70 51 80.1 68.5-88.2 19 19.9 11.8-31.5
$25,000- 34,999 26 18 71.6 46.8-87.8 8 28.4 12.2-53.2
$35,000- 49,999 31 22 73.4 54.5-86.4 9 26.6 13.6-45.5
$50,000-74,999 16 13 91.3 71.6-97.8 3 8.7 2.2-28.4
$75,000+ 13 9 78.3 46.0-93.8 4 21.7 6.2-54.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 187 149 81.7 74.5-87.1 38 18.3 12.9-25.5
No 72 44 69.4 56.6-79.7 28 30.6 20.3-43.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 40 30 76.9 60.0-88.1 10 23.1 11.9-40.0
Non-Veteran 222 165 78.4 71.8-83.9 57 21.6 16.1-28.2

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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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