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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 989 438 43.2 37.4-49.1 551 56.8 50.9-62.6
-Eastern NC 294 124 40.0 30.9-49.8 170 60.0 50.2-69.1
GENDER
Male 85 34 26.3 13.6-44.6 51 73.7 55.4-86.4
Female 209 90 48.9 38.8-59.0 119 51.1 41.0-61.2
RACE
White 207 89 39.9 29.6-51.2 118 60.1 48.8-70.4
African American 62 21 35.5 20.8-53.6 41 64.5 46.4-79.2
Other Minorities 24 13 41.4 12.7-77.5 11 58.6 22.5-87.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 3 85.1 36.9-98.3 2 14.9 1.7-63.1
Non-Hispanic 289 121 38.3 29.5-48.0 168 61.7 52.0-70.5
AGE
18-24 4 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .
25-34 13 4 44.5 15.1-78.2 9 55.5 21.8-84.9
35-44 26 12 33.5 14.6-59.6 14 66.5 40.4-85.4
45-54 53 21 41.3 20.6-65.7 32 58.7 34.3-79.4
55-64 78 38 54.6 39.2-69.1 40 45.4 30.9-60.8
65+ 120 49 41.9 29.6-55.2 71 58.1 44.8-70.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 54 23 39.3 19.2-63.8 31 60.7 36.2-80.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 110 46 39.5 25.8-55.1 64 60.5 44.9-74.2
Some Post-H.S. 91 38 39.4 24.5-56.7 53 60.6 43.3-75.5
College Graduate 38 17 43.8 21.2-69.2 21 56.2 30.8-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 73 34 38.1 20.1-60.1 39 61.9 39.9-79.9
$15,000- 24,999 66 30 37.5 22.1-55.9 36 62.5 44.1-77.9
$25,000- 34,999 29 12 39.7 14.8-71.4 17 60.3 28.6-85.2
$35,000- 49,999 35 13 31.8 15.4-54.4 22 68.2 45.6-84.6
$50,000-74,999 31 9 44.2 19.4-72.2 22 55.8 27.8-80.6
$75,000+ 21 11 59.0 33.2-80.7 10 41.0 19.3-66.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 217 103 50.4 39.7-61.1 114 49.6 38.9-60.3
No 77 21 18.9 10.0-32.9 56 81.1 67.1-90.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 52 24 32.0 17.7-50.8 28 68.0 49.2-82.3
Non-Veteran 211 88 43.1 31.6-55.3 123 56.9 44.7-68.4

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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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