Table 3.
Representativeness of COPD diagnoses per prefecture
| Newly diagnosed
|
Population as % of total | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No, N (%) | Yes, N (%) | |||
| Prefecture | 0.008 | |||
| Thrace | 219 (4.6) | 35 (3.3) | 5.6 | |
| Macedonia | 1,052 (22.1) | 214 (20.4) | 19.8 | |
| Epirus | 86 (1.8) | 11 (1.0) | 3.1 | |
| Thessaly | 286 (6.0) | 46 (4.4) | 6.7 | |
| Central Greece | 1,861 (39.0) | 461 (43.9) | 46.7 | |
| Peloponnese | 607 (12.7) | 131 (12.5) | 5.4 | |
| Aegean Islands | 180 (3.8) | 31 (3.0) | 5.0 | |
| Ionian Islands | 82 (1.7) | 25 (2.4) | 1.9 | |
| Crete | 396 (8.3) | 95 (9.1) | 5.7 | |
Abbreviation: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.