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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 982 700 71.2 65.9-76.0 282 28.8 24.0-34.1
-Eastern NC 293 195 62.1 51.1-72.0 98 37.9 28.0-48.9
GENDER
Male 85 65 62.0 39.2-80.5 20 38.0 19.5-60.8
Female 208 130 62.3 51.9-71.6 78 37.7 28.4-48.1
RACE
White 206 133 62.4 50.6-73.0 73 37.6 27.0-49.4
African American 62 41 64.9 46.3-79.8 21 35.1 20.2-53.7
Other Minorities 24 20 53.7 16.6-87.1 4 46.3 12.9-83.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 4 87.8 37.4-98.9 1 12.2 1.1-62.6
Non-Hispanic 288 191 61.2 50.1-71.3 97 38.8 28.7-49.9
AGE
18-24 4 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .
25-34 13 6 63.6 32.7-86.3 7 36.4 13.7-67.3
35-44 26 18 65.4 33.0-87.8 8 34.6 12.2-67.0
45-54 54 34 62.9 39.6-81.4 20 37.1 18.6-60.4
55-64 77 59 76.6 61.1-87.2 18 23.4 12.8-38.9
65+ 119 78 68.3 55.0-79.2 41 31.7 20.8-45.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 55 48 69.7 31.6-92.0 7 30.3 8.0-68.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 110 76 72.6 59.1-82.9 34 27.4 17.1-40.9
Some Post-H.S. 90 50 49.8 33.3-66.2 40 50.2 33.8-66.7
College Graduate 37 20 53.7 27.3-78.2 17 46.3 21.8-72.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 73 57 60.4 32.0-83.1 16 39.6 16.9-68.0
$15,000- 24,999 66 49 66.6 42.2-84.4 17 33.4 15.6-57.8
$25,000- 34,999 29 20 76.3 47.2-92.0 9 23.7 8.0-52.8
$35,000- 49,999 35 20 40.6 21.4-63.2 15 59.4 36.8-78.6
$50,000-74,999 29 12 66.9 40.7-85.6 17 33.1 14.4-59.3
$75,000+ 21 9 36.9 16.6-63.2 12 63.1 36.8-83.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 216 164 77.5 67.0-85.3 52 22.5 14.7-33.0
No 76 31 31.4 16.8-50.9 45 68.6 49.1-83.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 52 38 62.6 38.8-81.5 14 37.4 18.5-61.2
Non-Veteran 210 141 64.3 50.3-76.2 69 35.7 23.8-49.7

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*Asked only of those who reported having COPD.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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