Table 2.

Results of the responses for the four questions on COPD awareness that were asked to the study population.

Have you ever heard the term COPD? Do you know what COPD means?	Urban (n = 2993)		Rural (n = 2427)
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	21	0.70	28	1.15
No	2972	99.30	2399	98.85

if Yes, name of organ that is affected	Urban (n = 21)		Rural (n = 28)
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Heart	0	0.0	3	10.7
Lungs	15	71.4	20	71.4
Don’t know	6	28.6	5	17.8

If yes, what are the causes of COPD?
Causes of COPD	Urban (n = 21)		Rural (n = 28)
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Asthma	1	4.7	0	0.0
Dust/smoke/pollution/smoke dust	14	66.7	16	57.1
Smoking/tobacco smoking	3	14.3	7	25.00
TB or lungs damage	1	4.7	0	0.0
Don’t know	2	9.5	5	17.8

If no, what is the name of the disease that is caused by long-term tobacco smoking?	Urban (n = 2972)		Rural (n = 2399)
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Don’t know	1109	37.3	1100	45.8
Asthma	787	26.5	114	4.7
Cancer	882	29.7	1155	48.1
Tuberculosis	193	6.5	45	1.8