SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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
-Western NC 244 210 81.7 71.9-88.6 34 18.3 11.4-28.1
GENDER
Male 80 73 80.7 59.2-92.3 7 19.3 7.7-40.8
Female 164 137 82.4 74.0-88.6 27 17.6 11.4-26.0
RACE
White 225 197 88.2 82.4-92.3 28 11.8 7.7-17.6
African American 7 5 74.4 31.1-94.9 2 25.6 5.1-68.9
Other Minorities 10 6 26.6 7.3-62.4 4 73.4 37.6-92.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 2 28.6 3.2-82.7 1 71.4 17.3-96.8
Non-Hispanic 239 206 84.2 76.5-89.8 33 15.8 10.2-23.5
AGE
18-24 3 1 14.4 1.5-65.2 2 85.6 34.8-98.5
25-34 2 1 13.7 1.0-71.8 1 86.3 28.2-99.0
35-44 18 15 75.9 45.7-92.2 3 24.1 7.8-54.3
45-54 43 36 88.1 75.3-94.8 7 11.9 5.2-24.7
55-64 61 54 89.2 78.3-95.0 7 10.8 5.0-21.7
65+ 117 103 89.0 80.9-93.9 14 11.0 6.1-19.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 68 56 70.9 48.8-86.2 12 29.1 13.8-51.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 91 77 84.6 74.1-91.3 14 15.4 8.7-25.9
Some Post-H.S. 53 47 90.6 77.9-96.3 6 9.4 3.7-22.1
College Graduate 32 30 88.6 57.9-97.8 2 11.4 2.2-42.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 72 60 70.0 46.3-86.3 12 30.0 13.7-53.7
$15,000- 24,999 64 56 81.4 58.9-93.0 8 18.6 7.0-41.1
$25,000- 34,999 35 32 93.0 79.4-97.9 3 7.0 2.1-20.6
$35,000- 49,999 21 17 76.8 46.9-92.5 4 23.2 7.5-53.1
$50,000-74,999 12 9 79.4 49.8-93.7 3 20.6 6.3-50.2
$75,000+ 7 7 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 185 165 85.6 75.5-92.0 20 14.4 8.0-24.5
No 56 43 72.6 49.6-87.7 13 27.4 12.3-50.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 42 39 93.5 80.9-98.0 3 6.5 2.0-19.1
Non-Veteran 182 152 77.7 65.6-86.4 30 22.3 13.6-34.4

Back to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

*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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 09JUN10.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook