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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 266 200 75.9 69.1-81.7 66 24.1 18.3-30.9
GENDER
Male 85 71 81.2 68.7-89.5 14 18.8 10.5-31.3
Female 181 129 72.5 63.9-79.7 52 27.5 20.3-36.1
RACE
White 253 191 76.2 69.1-82.1 62 23.8 17.9-30.9
African American 7 5 69.0 27.2-93.0 2 31.0 7.0-72.8
Other Minorities 6 4 74.1 28.6-95.3 2 25.9 4.7-71.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 4 3 91.5 51.7-99.1 1 8.5 0.9-48.3
Non-Hispanic 262 197 75.7 68.8-81.5 65 24.3 18.5-31.2
AGE
18-24 2 1 60.0 8.6-96.0 1 40.0 4.0-91.4
25-34 5 4 84.8 36.8-98.2 1 15.2 1.8-63.2
35-44 19 17 88.1 62.2-97.1 2 11.9 2.9-37.8
45-54 42 31 74.6 54.3-87.8 11 25.4 12.2-45.7
55-64 73 56 78.9 66.9-87.4 17 21.1 12.6-33.1
65-74 84 62 71.9 58.2-82.4 22 28.1 17.6-41.8
75+ 41 29 72.0 55.3-84.2 12 28.0 15.8-44.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 86 69 78.7 64.2-88.4 17 21.3 11.6-35.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 89 76 86.8 77.1-92.8 13 13.2 7.2-22.9
Some Post-H.S. 56 38 71.0 56.1-82.3 18 29.0 17.7-43.9
College Graduate 35 17 50.9 33.3-68.3 18 49.1 31.7-66.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 71 63 88.0 75.3-94.6 8 12.0 5.4-24.7
$15,000- 24,999 70 53 76.4 60.9-87.0 17 23.6 13.0-39.1
$25,000- 34,999 28 17 59.0 36.8-78.1 11 41.0 21.9-63.2
$35,000- 49,999 31 25 79.3 59.9-90.7 6 20.7 9.3-40.1
$50,000-74,999 16 10 77.9 53.3-91.6 6 22.1 8.4-46.7
$75,000+ 13 5 51.9 20.3-82.0 8 48.1 18.0-79.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 192 159 82.3 73.9-88.3 33 17.7 11.7-26.1
No 72 39 60.2 46.5-72.5 33 39.8 27.5-53.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 40 31 77.4 59.9-88.7 9 22.6 11.3-40.1
Non-Veteran 226 169 75.7 68.0-82.0 57 24.3 18.0-32.0

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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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