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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 266 119 44.1 37.0-51.5 147 55.9 48.5-63.0
GENDER
Male 85 36 41.6 29.9-54.2 49 58.4 45.8-70.1
Female 181 83 45.8 37.0-54.8 98 54.2 45.2-63.0
RACE
White 252 116 45.7 38.2-53.3 136 54.3 46.7-61.8
African American 7 1 17.8 2.5-65.1 6 82.2 34.9-97.5
Other Minorities 7 2 23.7 5.0-64.7 5 76.3 35.3-95.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 1 15.6 1.9-63.8 4 84.4 36.2-98.1
Non-Hispanic 261 118 44.7 37.5-52.2 143 55.3 47.8-62.5
AGE
18-24 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
25-34 5 2 22.9 4.3-66.4 3 77.1 33.6-95.7
35-44 20 11 48.6 26.3-71.5 9 51.4 28.5-73.7
45-54 40 19 43.0 25.6-62.3 21 57.0 37.7-74.4
55-64 74 32 47.2 34.1-60.6 42 52.8 39.4-65.9
65-74 84 37 47.1 35.0-59.5 47 52.9 40.5-65.0
75+ 41 18 45.2 29.1-62.4 23 54.8 37.6-70.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 84 36 45.1 32.0-58.9 48 54.9 41.1-68.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 91 50 52.7 40.0-65.1 41 47.3 34.9-60.0
Some Post-H.S. 56 20 32.2 20.3-47.0 36 67.8 53.0-79.7
College Graduate 35 13 39.1 23.5-57.3 22 60.9 42.7-76.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 70 39 52.9 39.2-66.1 31 47.1 33.9-60.8
$15,000- 24,999 71 27 42.5 28.9-57.3 44 57.5 42.7-71.1
$25,000- 34,999 27 9 29.8 14.6-51.4 18 70.2 48.6-85.4
$35,000- 49,999 31 9 27.0 14.2-45.1 22 73.0 54.9-85.8
$50,000-74,999 16 8 54.5 27.0-79.5 8 45.5 20.5-73.0
$75,000+ 14 6 38.7 14.3-70.6 8 61.3 29.4-85.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 190 99 53.0 44.2-61.6 91 47.0 38.4-55.8
No 73 19 24.0 14.7-36.5 54 76.0 63.5-85.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 40 16 38.2 22.8-56.4 24 61.8 43.6-77.2
Non-Veteran 226 103 45.2 37.4-53.3 123 54.8 46.7-62.6

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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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