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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Other than a routine visit, have you had to see a doctor in the past 12 months for symptoms
related to shortness of breath, bronchitis, or other COPD, or emphysema flare?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 989 438 43.2 37.4-49.1 551 56.8 50.9-62.6
-Piedmont NC 445 188 43.6 34.7-52.9 257 56.4 47.1-65.3
GENDER
Male 141 52 47.2 31.6-63.4 89 52.8 36.6-68.4
Female 304 136 41.0 31.8-50.8 168 59.0 49.2-68.2
RACE
White 385 162 40.3 32.7-48.3 223 59.7 51.7-67.3
African American 43 22 61.3 30.0-85.4 21 38.7 14.6-70.0
Other Minorities 14 4 26.9 8.1-60.5 10 73.1 39.5-91.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 1 49.6 9.7-90.0 4 50.4 10.0-90.3
Non-Hispanic 439 186 43.4 34.5-52.8 253 56.6 47.2-65.5
AGE
18-24 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
25-34 13 9 49.2 16.9-82.3 4 50.8 17.7-83.1
35-44 34 14 44.6 24.4-66.8 20 55.4 33.2-75.6
45-54 63 28 53.5 29.7-75.8 35 46.5 24.2-70.3
55-64 111 49 39.6 28.9-51.4 62 60.4 48.6-71.1
65+ 220 87 38.1 29.9-46.9 133 61.9 53.1-70.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 113 53 42.1 28.9-56.5 60 57.9 43.5-71.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 146 57 48.1 30.6-66.0 89 51.9 34.0-69.4
Some Post-H.S. 115 46 35.5 23.3-49.8 69 64.5 50.2-76.7
College Graduate 71 32 51.7 36.2-66.9 39 48.3 33.1-63.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 90 46 41.6 28.7-55.7 44 58.4 44.3-71.3
$15,000- 24,999 90 45 54.4 33.2-74.0 45 45.6 26.0-66.8
$25,000- 34,999 56 23 70.0 45.2-86.8 33 30.0 13.2-54.8
$35,000- 49,999 66 27 29.0 17.3-44.3 39 71.0 55.7-82.7
$50,000-74,999 40 14 42.7 24.2-63.4 26 57.3 36.6-75.8
$75,000+ 27 9 29.0 11.4-56.3 18 71.0 43.7-88.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 315 147 46.7 35.3-58.4 168 53.3 41.6-64.7
No 122 38 34.1 22.2-48.4 84 65.9 51.6-77.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 74 31 47.9 29.9-66.4 43 52.1 33.6-70.1
Non-Veteran 337 141 41.0 30.6-52.4 196 59.0 47.6-69.4

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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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