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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Have you ever been given a breathing test to diagnose your COPD, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 976 832 82.2 77.2-86.4 144 17.8 13.6-22.8
-Piedmont NC 437 370 82.8 75.2-88.4 67 17.2 11.6-24.8
GENDER
Male 142 121 83.0 68.1-91.8 21 17.0 8.2-31.9
Female 295 249 82.6 73.8-88.9 46 17.4 11.1-26.2
RACE
White 380 322 82.7 75.6-88.0 58 17.3 12.0-24.4
African American 41 36 83.1 48.0-96.3 5 16.9 3.7-52.0
Other Minorities 13 10 85.6 59.3-96.1 3 14.4 3.9-40.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 4 90.9 50.0-99.0 1 9.1 1.0-50.0
Non-Hispanic 431 365 82.6 74.9-88.3 66 17.4 11.7-25.1
AGE
18-24 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 13 7 67.8 32.1-90.3 6 32.2 9.7-67.9
35-44 33 24 81.7 64.0-91.8 9 18.3 8.2-36.0
45-54 62 48 77.6 53.1-91.4 14 22.4 8.6-46.9
55-64 110 95 87.3 78.4-92.8 15 12.7 7.2-21.6
65+ 215 194 90.0 81.9-94.7 21 10.0 5.3-18.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 96 85.5 72.7-92.9 13 14.5 7.1-27.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 144 116 82.2 66.2-91.6 28 17.8 8.4-33.8
Some Post-H.S. 114 98 80.3 64.8-90.0 16 19.7 10.0-35.2
College Graduate 70 60 86.3 73.7-93.4 10 13.7 6.6-26.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 88 76 85.9 73.5-93.1 12 14.1 6.9-26.5
$15,000- 24,999 89 72 70.8 47.3-86.8 17 29.2 13.2-52.7
$25,000- 34,999 56 48 94.1 85.3-97.8 8 5.9 2.2-14.7
$35,000- 49,999 66 58 89.3 78.1-95.1 8 10.7 4.9-21.9
$50,000-74,999 39 33 80.8 58.3-92.7 6 19.2 7.3-41.7
$75,000+ 25 19 79.6 51.6-93.4 6 20.4 6.6-48.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 309 266 81.6 71.0-88.9 43 18.4 11.1-29.0
No 120 96 84.5 75.2-90.7 24 15.5 9.3-24.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 75 70 84.0 51.3-96.3 5 16.0 3.7-48.7
Non-Veteran 329 270 81.9 74.1-87.7 59 18.1 12.3-25.9

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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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