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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Have you ever been told by a doctor or health professional that you have
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema or chronic bronchitis?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,337 993 5.6 5.0- 6.3 11,344 94.4 93.7-95.0
-Piedmont NC 6,316 445 5.1 4.3- 6.1 5,871 94.9 93.9-95.7
GENDER
Male 2,362 141 4.4 3.2- 6.0 2,221 95.6 94.0-96.8
Female 3,954 304 5.8 4.7- 7.1 3,650 94.2 92.9-95.3
RACE
White 5,115 386 5.5 4.7- 6.4 4,729 94.5 93.6-95.3
African American 849 43 5.2 2.7- 9.7 806 94.8 90.3-97.3
Other Minorities 303 14 2.6 1.4- 5.0 289 97.4 95.0-98.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 218 5 1.0 0.3- 2.9 213 99.0 97.1-99.7
Non-Hispanic 6,077 439 5.5 4.6- 6.5 5,638 94.5 93.5-95.4
AGE
18-24 159 2 0.8 0.2- 3.8 157 99.2 96.2-99.8
25-34 579 13 3.0 1.4- 6.5 566 97.0 93.5-98.6
35-44 1,006 34 3.2 2.0- 4.9 972 96.8 95.1-98.0
45-54 1,276 63 6.4 4.0-10.3 1,213 93.6 89.7-96.0
55-64 1,302 111 7.2 5.6- 9.1 1,191 92.8 90.9-94.4
65+ 1,936 221 9.5 7.9-11.3 1,715 90.5 88.7-92.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 740 113 8.2 5.9-11.1 627 91.8 88.9-94.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,706 146 7.5 5.3-10.6 1,560 92.5 89.4-94.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,547 115 6.2 4.7- 8.2 1,432 93.8 91.8-95.3
College Graduate 2,316 71 1.6 1.2- 2.2 2,245 98.4 97.8-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 558 90 10.2 7.3-13.9 468 89.8 86.1-92.7
$15,000- 24,999 877 91 9.1 6.0-13.4 786 90.9 86.6-94.0
$25,000- 34,999 597 56 9.6 5.1-17.3 541 90.4 82.7-94.9
$35,000- 49,999 789 66 5.8 4.1- 8.2 723 94.2 91.8-95.9
$50,000-74,999 924 40 3.0 2.0- 4.6 884 97.0 95.4-98.0
$75,000+ 1,627 26 1.3 0.8- 2.2 1,601 98.7 97.8-99.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,066 316 12.9 10.4-15.9 1,750 87.1 84.1-89.6
No 4,192 121 2.0 1.5- 2.7 4,071 98.0 97.3-98.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 746 75 9.1 6.3-13.0 671 90.9 87.0-93.7
Non-Veteran 5,046 336 4.8 3.8- 5.9 4,710 95.2 94.1-96.2

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^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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