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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 250 126 47.5 39.4-55.8 124 52.5 44.2-60.6
GENDER
Male 78 33 41.2 28.4-55.3 45 58.8 44.7-71.6
Female 172 93 52.1 42.6-61.5 79 47.9 38.5-57.4
RACE
White 231 118 50.6 42.7-58.5 113 49.4 41.5-57.3
African American 7 3 51.1 17.0-84.2 4 48.9 15.8-83.0
Other Minorities 10 4 18.1 4.4-51.3 6 81.9 48.7-95.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 1 7.8 0.7-51.4 2 92.2 48.6-99.3
Non-Hispanic 245 123 49.2 41.3-57.1 122 50.8 42.9-58.7
AGE
18-24 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
25-34 2 1 13.7 1.0-71.8 1 86.3 28.2-99.0
35-44 18 9 50.4 25.4-75.2 9 49.6 24.8-74.6
45-54 45 24 51.7 34.2-68.8 21 48.3 31.2-65.8
55-64 63 33 57.3 43.1-70.4 30 42.7 29.6-56.9
65+ 119 59 47.9 37.4-58.5 60 52.1 41.5-62.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 70 37 45.1 29.7-61.4 33 54.9 38.6-70.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 94 51 55.2 42.3-67.4 43 44.8 32.6-57.7
Some Post-H.S. 54 25 46.7 31.2-62.8 29 53.3 37.2-68.8
College Graduate 32 13 34.3 19.0-53.8 19 65.7 46.2-81.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 75 44 52.0 34.7-68.8 31 48.0 31.2-65.3
$15,000- 24,999 64 28 32.8 20.7-47.6 36 67.2 52.4-79.3
$25,000- 34,999 36 20 62.8 43.5-78.7 16 37.2 21.3-56.5
$35,000- 49,999 22 9 36.2 16.9-61.3 13 63.8 38.7-83.1
$50,000-74,999 12 6 43.0 19.2-70.6 6 57.0 29.4-80.8
$75,000+ 7 3 62.8 22.8-90.6 4 37.2 9.4-77.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 191 104 52.8 43.7-61.6 87 47.2 38.4-56.3
No 56 21 34.2 19.4-52.8 35 65.8 47.2-80.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 41 14 39.8 24.1-58.1 27 60.2 41.9-75.9
Non-Veteran 188 99 46.8 37.5-56.4 89 53.2 43.6-62.5

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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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