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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

During the past 12 months, have you stayed in a hospital OVERNIGHT because of shortness of breath, COPD, or emphysema flare?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 992 121 13.8 9.3-19.9 871 86.2 80.1-90.7
-Eastern NC 296 35 11.8 7.4-18.4 261 88.2 81.6-92.6
GENDER
Male 85 13 9.1 4.5-17.7 72 90.9 82.3-95.5
Female 211 22 13.6 7.5-23.2 189 86.4 76.8-92.5
RACE
White 207 27 13.0 7.6-21.4 180 87.0 78.6-92.4
African American 64 6 10.1 3.7-24.8 58 89.9 75.2-96.3
Other Minorities 24 1 0.9 0.1- 7.4 23 99.1 92.6-99.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 291 35 12.3 7.7-19.0 256 87.7 81.0-92.3
AGE
18-24 4 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .
25-34 13 1 4.0 0.5-25.3 12 96.0 74.7-99.5
35-44 26 2 4.1 0.9-17.0 24 95.9 83.0-99.1
45-54 55 5 3.8 1.4-10.1 50 96.2 89.9-98.6
55-64 78 9 20.6 8.9-40.8 69 79.4 59.2-91.1
65+ 120 18 20.4 11.4-33.8 102 79.6 66.2-88.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 56 12 20.6 8.9-40.9 44 79.4 59.1-91.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 110 7 6.0 2.1-16.1 103 94.0 83.9-97.9
Some Post-H.S. 91 12 8.9 4.5-16.7 79 91.1 83.3-95.5
College Graduate 38 4 18.7 4.8-51.1 34 81.3 48.9-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 73 9 13.8 5.1-32.3 64 86.2 67.7-94.9
$15,000- 24,999 66 7 8.8 3.4-20.8 59 91.2 79.2-96.6
$25,000- 34,999 29 1 2.1 0.3-14.7 28 97.9 85.3-99.7
$35,000- 49,999 35 5 11.3 4.3-26.7 30 88.7 73.3-95.7
$50,000-74,999 31 7 22.4 7.7-50.1 24 77.6 49.9-92.3
$75,000+ 21 1 1.4 0.2- 9.7 20 98.6 90.3-99.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 218 33 17.0 10.7-26.1 185 83.0 73.9-89.3
No 77 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 75 98.7 94.8-99.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 52 8 12.2 5.2-26.1 44 87.8 73.9-94.8
Non-Veteran 213 23 11.7 6.3-20.6 190 88.3 79.4-93.7

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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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