BRFSS 2009 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Would you say that shortness of breath affects the quality of your life?*)

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
North Carolina	982	700	71.2	65.9-76.0	282	28.8	24.0-34.1
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	35	28	82.6	65.0-92.4	7	17.4	7.6-35.0
Buncombe	17	13	81.2	56.7-93.4	4	18.8	6.6-43.3
Cabarrus	29	22	73.9	48.9-89.3	7	26.1	10.7-51.1
Catawba	29	20	61.8	39.8-79.9	9	38.2	20.1-60.2
Cumberland	34	24	57.7	32.7-79.3	10	42.3	20.7-67.3
Davidson	42	32	81.8	66.7-91.0	10	18.2	9.0-33.3
Durham	20	11	50.9	28.7-72.8	9	49.1	27.2-71.3
Forsyth	22	15	61.7	34.8-82.9	7	38.3	17.1-65.2
Gaston	26	17	59.7	37.8-78.4	9	40.3	21.6-62.2
Guilford	27	21	87.1	71.1-94.9	6	12.9	5.1-28.9
Iredell	24	15	50.2	26.6-73.7	9	49.8	26.3-73.4
Johnston	26	20	84.8	64.0-94.6	6	15.2	5.4-36.0
Mecklenburg	26	16	68.6	44.6-85.6	10	31.4	14.4-55.4
New Hanover	31	16	66.8	47.2-81.9	15	33.2	18.1-52.8
Onslow	36	20	46.2	27.5-66.1	16	53.8	33.9-72.5
Orange	15	13	83.7	51.7-96.1	2	16.3	3.9-48.3
Pitt	23	13	48.3	25.9-71.3	10	51.7	28.7-74.1
Randolph	22	15	73.5	49.4-88.7	7	26.5	11.3-50.6
Robeson	37	28	78.2	59.9-89.6	9	21.8	10.4-40.1
Rowan	46	31	68.7	51.8-81.8	15	31.3	18.2-48.2
Union	17	13	86.9	66.0-95.8	4	13.1	4.2-34.0
Wake	30	18	54.2	33.9-73.2	12	45.8	26.8-66.1
Wayne	44	31	63.2	43.2-79.5	13	36.8	20.5-56.8
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	293	195	62.1	51.1-72.0	98	37.9	28.0-48.9
Piedmont	440	310	74.9	68.0-80.7	130	25.1	19.3-32.0
Western NC	249	195	75.3	66.5-82.4	54	24.7	17.6-33.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	161	125	77.7	69.1-84.5	36	22.3	15.5-30.9
Northwest	257	188	69.6	60.6-77.4	69	30.4	22.6-39.4
Charlotte	105	74	79.5	67.6-87.8	31	20.5	12.2-32.4
Greensboro	104	81	88.8	79.5-94.2	23	11.2	5.8-20.5
Southern Regional	102	74	67.3	48.8-81.6	28	32.7	18.4-51.2
Coastal	38	19	54.8	29.1-78.2	19	45.2	21.8-70.9
Wake	83	55	67.4	52.8-79.2	28	32.6	20.8-47.2
Area L	5	3	36.4	8.2-78.7	2	63.6	21.3-91.8
Eastern	127	81	55.3	37.8-71.6	46	44.7	28.4-62.2

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

982

700

71.2

65.9-76.0

282

28.8

24.0-34.1

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

82.6

65.0-92.4

17.4

7.6-35.0

Buncombe

81.2

56.7-93.4

18.8

6.6-43.3

Cabarrus

73.9

48.9-89.3

26.1

10.7-51.1

Catawba

61.8

39.8-79.9

38.2

20.1-60.2

Cumberland

57.7

32.7-79.3

42.3

20.7-67.3

Davidson

81.8

66.7-91.0

18.2

9.0-33.3

Durham

50.9

28.7-72.8

49.1

27.2-71.3

Forsyth

61.7

34.8-82.9

38.3

17.1-65.2

Gaston

59.7

37.8-78.4

40.3

21.6-62.2

Guilford

87.1

71.1-94.9

12.9

5.1-28.9

Iredell

50.2

26.6-73.7

49.8

26.3-73.4

Johnston

84.8

64.0-94.6

15.2

5.4-36.0

Mecklenburg

68.6

44.6-85.6

31.4

14.4-55.4

New Hanover

66.8

47.2-81.9

33.2

18.1-52.8

Onslow

46.2

27.5-66.1

53.8

33.9-72.5

Orange

83.7

51.7-96.1

16.3

3.9-48.3

Pitt

48.3

25.9-71.3

51.7

28.7-74.1

Randolph

73.5

49.4-88.7

26.5

11.3-50.6

Robeson

78.2

59.9-89.6

21.8

10.4-40.1

Rowan

68.7

51.8-81.8

31.3

18.2-48.2

Union

86.9

66.0-95.8

13.1

4.2-34.0

Wake

54.2

33.9-73.2

45.8

26.8-66.1

Wayne

63.2

43.2-79.5

36.8

20.5-56.8

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

293

195

62.1

51.1-72.0

37.9

28.0-48.9

Piedmont

440

310

74.9

68.0-80.7

130

25.1

19.3-32.0

Western NC

249

195

75.3

66.5-82.4

24.7

17.6-33.5

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

161

125

77.7

69.1-84.5

22.3

15.5-30.9

Northwest

257

188

69.6

60.6-77.4

30.4

22.6-39.4

Charlotte

105

79.5

67.6-87.8

20.5

12.2-32.4

Greensboro

104

88.8

79.5-94.2

11.2

5.8-20.5

Southern Regional

102

67.3

48.8-81.6

32.7

18.4-51.2

Coastal

54.8

29.1-78.2

45.2

21.8-70.9

Wake

67.4

52.8-79.2

32.6

20.8-47.2

Area L

36.4

8.2-78.7

63.6

21.3-91.8

Eastern

127

55.3

37.8-71.6

44.7

28.4-62.2

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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