BRFSS 2009 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (During the past 12 months, have you stayed in a hospital OVERNIGHT because of shortness of breath, COPD, or emphysema flare?*)

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
North Carolina	992	121	13.8	9.3-19.9	871	86.2	80.1-90.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	35	3	6.9	2.1-20.2	32	93.1	79.8-97.9
Buncombe	17	5	27.4	10.9-53.9	12	72.6	46.1-89.1
Cabarrus	30	5	23.9	8.9-50.1	25	76.1	49.9-91.1
Catawba	29	3	6.6	2.0-19.7	26	93.4	80.3-98.0
Cumberland	34	5	13.7	5.3-31.3	29	86.3	68.7-94.7
Davidson	42	6	15.3	6.7-31.1	36	84.7	68.9-93.3
Durham	20	2	9.5	2.1-33.5	18	90.5	66.5-97.9
Forsyth	22	4	23.4	8.0-51.6	18	76.6	48.4-92.0
Gaston	26	2	7.2	1.7-25.9	24	92.8	74.1-98.3
Guilford	28	1	11.8	1.8-50.1	27	88.2	49.9-98.2
Iredell	24	2	10.0	2.0-37.6	22	90.0	62.4-98.0
Johnston	26	2	5.3	1.2-21.1	24	94.7	78.9-98.8
Mecklenburg	26	3	14.7	3.4-46.1	23	85.3	53.9-96.6
New Hanover	31	5	16.5	6.6-35.3	26	83.5	64.7-93.4
Onslow	36	2	3.0	0.7-12.5	34	97.0	87.5-99.3
Orange	15	4	17.4	5.7-42.3	11	82.6	57.7-94.3
Pitt	23	3	9.3	2.5-28.9	20	90.7	71.1-97.5
Randolph	22	3	10.9	3.3-30.7	19	89.1	69.3-96.7
Robeson	37	4	11.4	3.6-30.5	33	88.6	69.5-96.4
Rowan	48	5	8.0	3.0-19.9	43	92.0	80.1-97.0
Union	17	1	5.5	0.7-31.4	16	94.5	68.6-99.3
Wake	30	8	19.2	8.9-36.6	22	80.8	63.4-91.1
Wayne	45	6	16.7	6.9-35.1	39	83.3	64.9-93.1
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	296	35	11.8	7.4-18.4	261	88.2	81.6-92.6
Piedmont	444	53	14.9	8.0-26.2	391	85.1	73.8-92.0
Western NC	252	33	13.3	9.1-19.1	219	86.7	80.9-90.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	164	25	16.2	10.5-24.2	139	83.8	75.8-89.5
Northwest	259	28	11.2	6.9-17.6	231	88.8	82.4-93.1
Charlotte	106	11	10.2	4.3-22.1	95	89.8	77.9-95.7
Greensboro	105	12	26.0	7.2-61.4	93	74.0	38.6-92.8
Southern Regional	102	11	12.1	5.7-24.0	91	87.9	76.0-94.3
Coastal	38	7	26.3	9.4-55.3	31	73.7	44.7-90.6
Wake	83	12	11.9	6.2-21.8	71	88.1	78.2-93.8
Area L	6	0	0.0	. - .	6	100	. - .
Eastern	129	15	7.9	4.0-15.0	114	92.1	85.0-96.0

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

992

121

13.8

9.3-19.9

871

86.2

80.1-90.7

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

6.9

2.1-20.2

93.1

79.8-97.9

Buncombe

27.4

10.9-53.9

72.6

46.1-89.1

Cabarrus

23.9

8.9-50.1

76.1

49.9-91.1

Catawba

6.6

2.0-19.7

93.4

80.3-98.0

Cumberland

13.7

5.3-31.3

86.3

68.7-94.7

Davidson

15.3

6.7-31.1

84.7

68.9-93.3

Durham

9.5

2.1-33.5

90.5

66.5-97.9

Forsyth

23.4

8.0-51.6

76.6

48.4-92.0

Gaston

7.2

1.7-25.9

92.8

74.1-98.3

Guilford

11.8

1.8-50.1

88.2

49.9-98.2

Iredell

10.0

2.0-37.6

90.0

62.4-98.0

Johnston

5.3

1.2-21.1

94.7

78.9-98.8

Mecklenburg

14.7

3.4-46.1

85.3

53.9-96.6

New Hanover

16.5

6.6-35.3

83.5

64.7-93.4

Onslow

3.0

0.7-12.5

97.0

87.5-99.3

Orange

17.4

5.7-42.3

82.6

57.7-94.3

Pitt

9.3

2.5-28.9

90.7

71.1-97.5

Randolph

10.9

3.3-30.7

89.1

69.3-96.7

Robeson

11.4

3.6-30.5

88.6

69.5-96.4

Rowan

8.0

3.0-19.9

92.0

80.1-97.0

Union

5.5

0.7-31.4

94.5

68.6-99.3

Wake

19.2

8.9-36.6

80.8

63.4-91.1

Wayne

16.7

6.9-35.1

83.3

64.9-93.1

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

296

11.8

7.4-18.4

261

88.2

81.6-92.6

Piedmont

444

14.9

8.0-26.2

391

85.1

73.8-92.0

Western NC

252

13.3

9.1-19.1

219

86.7

80.9-90.9

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

164

16.2

10.5-24.2

139

83.8

75.8-89.5

Northwest

259

11.2

6.9-17.6

231

88.8

82.4-93.1

Charlotte

106

10.2

4.3-22.1

89.8

77.9-95.7

Greensboro

105

26.0

7.2-61.4

74.0

38.6-92.8

Southern Regional

102

12.1

5.7-24.0

87.9

76.0-94.3

Coastal

26.3

9.4-55.3

73.7

44.7-90.6

Wake

11.9

6.2-21.8

88.1

78.2-93.8

Area L

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

Eastern

129

7.9

4.0-15.0

114

92.1

85.0-96.0

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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