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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Did you have to visit an emergency room or be admitted to the hospital in the past 12 months
because of your COPD, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,190 175 14.8 12.1-18.0 1,015 85.2 82.0-87.9
-Western NC 266 38 14.3 9.9-20.2 228 85.7 79.8-90.1
GENDER
Male 85 12 13.3 6.8-24.3 73 86.7 75.7-93.2
Female 181 26 15.0 9.7-22.5 155 85.0 77.5-90.3
RACE
White 252 37 14.8 10.2-21.1 215 85.2 78.9-89.8
African American 7 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .
Other Minorities 7 1 15.0 1.9-61.0 6 85.0 39.0-98.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 261 38 14.6 10.1-20.6 223 85.4 79.4-89.9
AGE
18-24 2 1 40.0 4.0-91.4 1 60.0 8.6-96.0
25-34 5 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
35-44 20 3 13.4 3.8-37.6 17 86.6 62.4-96.2
45-54 41 5 11.5 3.9-29.1 36 88.5 70.9-96.1
55-64 74 7 14.3 5.8-31.2 67 85.7 68.8-94.2
65-74 84 13 14.8 8.3-25.0 71 85.2 75.0-91.7
75+ 40 9 20.4 9.7-37.8 31 79.6 62.2-90.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 84 14 18.2 9.8-31.3 70 81.8 68.7-90.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 91 14 12.4 6.7-21.8 77 87.6 78.2-93.3
Some Post-H.S. 56 6 10.4 4.1-24.0 50 89.6 76.0-95.9
College Graduate 35 4 14.3 5.4-32.6 31 85.7 67.4-94.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 70 13 15.4 8.4-26.6 57 84.6 73.4-91.6
$15,000- 24,999 70 7 13.3 5.6-28.5 63 86.7 71.5-94.4
$25,000- 34,999 28 1 3.0 0.4-18.5 27 97.0 81.5-99.6
$35,000- 49,999 31 5 15.6 6.5-32.8 26 84.4 67.2-93.5
$50,000-74,999 16 1 7.6 1.0-39.1 15 92.4 60.9-99.0
$75,000+ 14 2 16.5 3.8-49.7 12 83.5 50.3-96.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 190 34 17.6 11.9-25.2 156 82.4 74.8-88.1
No 73 4 7.1 2.5-18.3 69 92.9 81.7-97.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 39 5 8.4 3.3-20.0 34 91.6 80.0-96.7
Non-Veteran 227 33 15.4 10.4-22.2 194 84.6 77.8-89.6

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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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