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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 249 195 75.3 66.5-82.4 54 24.7 17.6-33.5
GENDER
Male 79 63 71.1 54.0-83.8 16 28.9 16.2-46.0
Female 170 132 78.4 69.8-85.0 38 21.6 15.0-30.2
RACE
White 230 180 76.5 68.9-82.6 50 23.5 17.4-31.1
African American 7 6 89.9 51.0-98.7 1 10.1 1.3-49.0
Other Minorities 10 7 59.1 17.2-91.0 3 40.9 9.0-82.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 2 28.6 3.2-82.7 1 71.4 17.3-96.8
Non-Hispanic 244 191 77.5 70.3-83.3 53 22.5 16.7-29.7
AGE
18-24 3 2 50.3 7.9-92.3 1 49.7 7.7-92.1
25-34 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 18 16 84.0 53.8-96.0 2 16.0 4.0-46.2
45-54 46 34 74.9 57.0-87.0 12 25.1 13.0-43.0
55-64 62 52 83.9 71.5-91.5 10 16.1 8.5-28.5
65+ 118 89 72.0 60.9-81.0 29 28.0 19.0-39.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 69 59 79.3 56.4-91.9 10 20.7 8.1-43.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 94 76 75.2 61.3-85.3 18 24.8 14.7-38.7
Some Post-H.S. 54 40 73.2 57.4-84.7 14 26.8 15.3-42.6
College Graduate 32 20 68.3 48.8-82.9 12 31.7 17.1-51.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 76 63 77.2 51.6-91.5 13 22.8 8.5-48.4
$15,000- 24,999 63 48 68.2 50.9-81.6 15 31.8 18.4-49.1
$25,000- 34,999 36 31 85.6 61.5-95.7 5 14.4 4.3-38.5
$35,000- 49,999 22 15 69.2 44.9-86.0 7 30.8 14.0-55.1
$50,000-74,999 12 7 56.8 28.6-81.2 5 43.2 18.8-71.4
$75,000+ 7 5 84.9 48.3-97.1 2 15.1 2.9-51.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 190 157 82.2 74.8-87.8 33 17.8 12.2-25.2
No 56 35 57.4 37.9-74.8 21 42.6 25.2-62.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 42 32 69.9 51.7-83.5 10 30.1 16.5-48.3
Non-Veteran 187 148 75.6 64.7-83.9 39 24.4 16.1-35.3

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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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