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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

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
-Rowan County 411 48 8.4 5.9-11.9 363 91.6 88.1-94.1
GENDER
Male 145 10 5.0 2.6- 9.6 135 95.0 90.4-97.4
Female 266 38 11.0 7.3-16.3 228 89.0 83.7-92.7
RACE
White 360 45 9.2 6.6-12.7 315 90.8 87.3-93.4
Other 49 3 5.5 1.1-22.9 46 94.5 77.1-98.9
AGE
18-44 97 5 3.7 1.2-11.1 92 96.3 88.9-98.8
45+ 311 43 12.5 9.0-17.1 268 87.5 82.9-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 200 28 10.4 6.4-16.6 172 89.6 83.4-93.6
Some College + 211 20 6.4 3.9-10.3 191 93.6 89.7-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 34 13.1 8.5-19.6 178 86.9 80.4-91.5
$50,000+ 125 5 3.3 1.3- 8.1 120 96.7 91.9-98.7

Back to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (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.

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