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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 982 700 71.2 65.9-76.0 282 28.8 24.0-34.1
-Piedmont NC 440 310 74.9 68.0-80.7 130 25.1 19.3-32.0
GENDER
Male 141 107 80.1 69.2-87.8 34 19.9 12.2-30.8
Female 299 203 71.2 62.1-78.8 96 28.8 21.2-37.9
RACE
White 381 262 70.0 62.5-76.6 119 30.0 23.4-37.5
African American 42 34 91.7 78.8-97.0 8 8.3 3.0-21.2
Other Minorities 14 12 85.4 50.6-97.1 2 14.6 2.9-49.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 435 305 74.5 67.5-80.4 130 25.5 19.6-32.5
AGE
18-24 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 13 5 51.6 18.4-83.4 8 48.4 16.6-81.6
35-44 34 25 75.3 53.9-88.9 9 24.7 11.1-46.1
45-54 63 45 86.6 73.8-93.7 18 13.4 6.3-26.2
55-64 110 83 73.7 62.1-82.8 27 26.3 17.2-37.9
65+ 216 149 72.8 64.5-79.7 67 27.2 20.3-35.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 91 88.7 80.3-93.7 18 11.3 6.3-19.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 146 100 78.9 67.6-87.1 46 21.1 12.9-32.4
Some Post-H.S. 114 74 64.0 49.5-76.3 40 36.0 23.7-50.5
College Graduate 71 45 65.3 49.0-78.8 26 34.7 21.2-51.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 89 72 88.2 78.8-93.7 17 11.8 6.3-21.2
$15,000- 24,999 89 59 69.9 50.7-84.0 30 30.1 16.0-49.3
$25,000- 34,999 56 41 85.0 68.1-93.8 15 15.0 6.2-31.9
$35,000- 49,999 65 42 70.1 53.6-82.6 23 29.9 17.4-46.4
$50,000-74,999 40 25 58.5 37.9-76.5 15 41.5 23.5-62.1
$75,000+ 27 16 64.5 39.8-83.3 11 35.5 16.7-60.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 311 253 85.0 77.4-90.4 58 15.0 9.6-22.6
No 121 50 48.8 35.4-62.3 71 51.2 37.7-64.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 73 60 89.2 80.3-94.4 13 10.8 5.6-19.7
Non-Veteran 333 230 72.4 63.7-79.7 103 27.6 20.3-36.3

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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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