BRFSS 2009 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Have you ever been given a breathing test to diagnose your COPD, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema?*)

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	976	832	82.2	77.2-86.4	144	17.8	13.6-22.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	35	30	78.5	55.1-91.5	5	21.5	8.5-44.9
Buncombe	17	14	75.9	43.7-92.7	3	24.1	7.3-56.3
Cabarrus	31	28	87.8	66.8-96.2	3	12.2	3.8-33.2
Catawba	28	23	76.2	50.2-91.1	5	23.8	8.9-49.8
Cumberland	33	29	92.9	80.5-97.6	4	7.1	2.4-19.5
Davidson	43	37	88.4	75.0-95.1	6	11.6	4.9-25.0
Durham	20	16	73.9	47.0-90.0	4	26.1	10.0-53.0
Forsyth	21	15	59.9	32.4-82.4	6	40.1	17.6-67.6
Gaston	25	21	80.4	57.2-92.7	4	19.6	7.3-42.8
Guilford	28	26	93.1	73.5-98.5	2	6.9	1.5-26.5
Iredell	23	22	96.3	77.1-99.5	1	3.7	0.5-22.9
Johnston	25	24	98.1	86.9-99.7	1	1.9	0.3-13.1
Mecklenburg	24	21	81.6	52.3-94.7	3	18.4	5.3-47.7
New Hanover	31	27	82.4	57.1-94.3	4	17.6	5.7-42.9
Onslow	36	28	62.2	38.9-80.9	8	37.8	19.1-61.1
Orange	15	11	70.7	39.8-89.8	4	29.3	10.2-60.2
Pitt	23	21	83.6	46.5-96.8	2	16.4	3.2-53.5
Randolph	22	17	76.3	51.6-90.7	5	23.7	9.3-48.4
Robeson	37	32	82.4	61.0-93.3	5	17.6	6.7-39.0
Rowan	48	40	80.3	63.8-90.4	8	19.7	9.6-36.2
Union	16	13	84.9	59.2-95.6	3	15.1	4.4-40.8
Wake	28	23	83.1	63.5-93.3	5	16.9	6.7-36.5
Wayne	45	37	74.8	53.1-88.6	8	25.2	11.4-46.9
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	295	252	81.6	71.5-88.7	43	18.4	11.3-28.5
Piedmont	437	370	82.8	75.2-88.4	67	17.2	11.6-24.8
Western NC	244	210	81.7	71.9-88.6	34	18.3	11.4-28.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	158	145	88.3	76.4-94.7	13	11.7	5.3-23.6
Northwest	255	208	77.7	68.4-84.8	47	22.3	15.2-31.6
Charlotte	103	88	79.9	59.2-91.6	15	20.1	8.4-40.8
Greensboro	105	89	89.7	80.1-95.0	16	10.3	5.0-19.9
Southern Regional	101	85	77.0	56.1-89.8	16	23.0	10.2-43.9
Coastal	38	34	91.8	75.4-97.6	4	8.2	2.4-24.6
Wake	80	70	87.8	76.8-94.0	10	12.2	6.0-23.2
Area L	7	5	55.2	14.3-90.1	2	44.8	9.9-85.7
Eastern	129	108	81.1	68.6-89.4	21	18.9	10.6-31.4

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

976

832

82.2

77.2-86.4

144

17.8

13.6-22.8

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

78.5

55.1-91.5

21.5

8.5-44.9

Buncombe

75.9

43.7-92.7

24.1

7.3-56.3

Cabarrus

87.8

66.8-96.2

12.2

3.8-33.2

Catawba

76.2

50.2-91.1

23.8

8.9-49.8

Cumberland

92.9

80.5-97.6

7.1

2.4-19.5

Davidson

88.4

75.0-95.1

11.6

4.9-25.0

Durham

73.9

47.0-90.0

26.1

10.0-53.0

Forsyth

59.9

32.4-82.4

40.1

17.6-67.6

Gaston

80.4

57.2-92.7

19.6

7.3-42.8

Guilford

93.1

73.5-98.5

6.9

1.5-26.5

Iredell

96.3

77.1-99.5

3.7

0.5-22.9

Johnston

98.1

86.9-99.7

1.9

0.3-13.1

Mecklenburg

81.6

52.3-94.7

18.4

5.3-47.7

New Hanover

82.4

57.1-94.3

17.6

5.7-42.9

Onslow

62.2

38.9-80.9

37.8

19.1-61.1

Orange

70.7

39.8-89.8

29.3

10.2-60.2

Pitt

83.6

46.5-96.8

16.4

3.2-53.5

Randolph

76.3

51.6-90.7

23.7

9.3-48.4

Robeson

82.4

61.0-93.3

17.6

6.7-39.0

Rowan

80.3

63.8-90.4

19.7

9.6-36.2

Union

84.9

59.2-95.6

15.1

4.4-40.8

Wake

83.1

63.5-93.3

16.9

6.7-36.5

Wayne

74.8

53.1-88.6

25.2

11.4-46.9

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

295

252

81.6

71.5-88.7

18.4

11.3-28.5

Piedmont

437

370

82.8

75.2-88.4

17.2

11.6-24.8

Western NC

244

210

81.7

71.9-88.6

18.3

11.4-28.1

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

158

145

88.3

76.4-94.7

11.7

5.3-23.6

Northwest

255

208

77.7

68.4-84.8

22.3

15.2-31.6

Charlotte

103

79.9

59.2-91.6

20.1

8.4-40.8

Greensboro

105

89.7

80.1-95.0

10.3

5.0-19.9

Southern Regional

101

77.0

56.1-89.8

23.0

10.2-43.9

Coastal

91.8

75.4-97.6

8.2

2.4-24.6

Wake

87.8

76.8-94.0

12.2

6.0-23.2

Area L

55.2

14.3-90.1

44.8

9.9-85.7

Eastern

129

108

81.1

68.6-89.4

18.9

10.6-31.4

Back to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

*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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