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| Total Respond.^ |
One medication | Two medications | 3-4 medications | 5+ medications | None | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 1,146 | 219 | 17.5 | 14.5-21.0 | 173 | 12.4 | 10.3-15.0 | 153 | 11.7 | 9.5-14.3 | 72 | 5.6 | 4.0- 7.6 | 529 | 52.8 | 48.2-57.4 |
| -Eastern NC | 391 | 85 | 18.2 | 13.2-24.6 | 50 | 9.4 | 6.6-13.2 | 51 | 11.2 | 7.8-15.8 | 27 | 5.0 | 3.1- 8.1 | 178 | 56.2 | 47.2-64.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 132 | 33 | 18.6 | 10.8-30.2 | 17 | 7.4 | 4.0-13.2 | 10 | 7.1 | 3.4-14.1 | 13 | 5.3 | 2.5-10.7 | 59 | 61.7 | 47.0-74.5 |
| Female | 259 | 52 | 17.8 | 13.1-23.7 | 33 | 11.6 | 7.8-16.9 | 41 | 15.8 | 11.1-21.9 | 14 | 4.7 | 2.5- 8.8 | 119 | 50.0 | 42.4-57.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 298 | 70 | 20.9 | 14.4-29.3 | 36 | 8.3 | 5.4-12.5 | 41 | 12.9 | 8.6-19.1 | 20 | 5.2 | 3.0- 9.1 | 131 | 52.6 | 41.2-63.8 |
| African American | 63 | 10 | 11.1 | 5.6-20.8 | 10 | 15.8 | 7.9-29.1 | 8 | 10.0 | 4.6-20.2 | 3 | 5.4 | 1.3-19.5 | 32 | 57.7 | 43.3-70.8 |
| Other Minorities | 29 | 5 | 10.8 | 3.7-27.5 | 4 | 8.3 | 2.3-25.7 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.3- 6.6 | 4 | 3.2 | 1.0- 9.9 | 14 | 76.3 | 55.0-89.4 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 13 | 2 | 8.1 | 1.6-33.0 | 1 | 4.9 | 0.6-30.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 9.0 | 2.0-32.0 | 7 | 78.1 | 48.6-93.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 378 | 83 | 19.0 | 13.7-25.8 | 49 | 9.8 | 6.8-13.8 | 51 | 12.1 | 8.4-17.0 | 24 | 4.7 | 2.8- 7.9 | 171 | 54.4 | 45.0-63.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 100 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 17 | 5 | 23.4 | 6.4-57.6 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 11 | 74.5 | 41.3-92.4 |
| 35-44 | 32 | 9 | 24.0 | 11.1-44.6 | 4 | 11.1 | 3.3-31.2 | 2 | 6.9 | 1.2-30.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 17 | 58.0 | 36.7-76.6 |
| 45-54 | 66 | 11 | 17.3 | 8.7-31.5 | 8 | 11.9 | 5.6-23.3 | 9 | 14.0 | 6.8-26.7 | 3 | 4.5 | 1.4-14.0 | 35 | 52.3 | 38.0-66.2 |
| 55-64 | 96 | 18 | 21.9 | 13.2-34.1 | 19 | 17.9 | 10.7-28.3 | 17 | 20.3 | 11.9-32.6 | 9 | 7.9 | 3.5-16.8 | 33 | 32.0 | 21.9-44.2 |
| 65-74 | 112 | 32 | 25.1 | 17.4-34.8 | 13 | 11.7 | 6.3-20.7 | 13 | 13.1 | 7.2-22.8 | 6 | 4.3 | 1.7-10.9 | 48 | 45.7 | 35.0-56.8 |
| 75+ | 61 | 10 | 14.1 | 7.2-25.7 | 5 | 6.6 | 2.4-16.9 | 9 | 17.3 | 8.0-33.6 | 9 | 16.7 | 7.6-33.0 | 28 | 45.3 | 31.2-60.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 86 | 10 | 9.0 | 3.7-20.2 | 18 | 15.4 | 7.5-28.7 | 13 | 9.5 | 4.2-19.8 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.5 | 37 | 62.7 | 41.6-79.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 149 | 42 | 19.9 | 13.7-28.1 | 15 | 6.4 | 3.6-11.3 | 18 | 12.3 | 7.0-20.5 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.2- 8.0 | 68 | 58.2 | 47.2-68.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 102 | 18 | 20.2 | 9.2-38.6 | 13 | 10.2 | 5.0-19.6 | 15 | 11.4 | 5.6-21.6 | 11 | 8.7 | 3.9-18.1 | 45 | 49.6 | 30.6-68.7 |
| College Graduate | 54 | 15 | 29.1 | 16.2-46.6 | 4 | 3.7 | 1.3-10.3 | 5 | 11.2 | 4.0-27.4 | 2 | 6.3 | 1.3-25.3 | 28 | 49.6 | 33.8-65.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 99 | 17 | 15.2 | 8.4-26.2 | 22 | 19.5 | 11.4-31.2 | 17 | 17.2 | 9.5-29.2 | 9 | 6.1 | 2.9-12.7 | 34 | 41.9 | 25.8-59.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 80 | 15 | 17.4 | 9.1-30.6 | 10 | 9.9 | 4.5-20.4 | 8 | 15.0 | 7.0-29.4 | 5 | 6.5 | 2.2-17.5 | 42 | 51.2 | 37.1-65.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 57 | 18 | 35.2 | 18.3-56.9 | 3 | 4.3 | 1.3-13.3 | 9 | 14.5 | 6.8-28.4 | 4 | 6.2 | 1.9-18.5 | 23 | 39.8 | 24.2-57.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 51 | 8 | 11.1 | 4.9-23.3 | 10 | 16.5 | 8.2-30.4 | 5 | 11.1 | 3.8-28.2 | 2 | 7.5 | 1.8-26.2 | 26 | 53.8 | 37.6-69.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 29 | 13 | 42.9 | 24.8-63.3 | 2 | 6.0 | 1.3-23.6 | 2 | 7.4 | 1.7-26.9 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.4 | 11 | 41.1 | 23.2-61.7 |
| $75,000+ | 28 | 9 | 20.5 | 7.0-47.1 | 1 | 2.9 | 0.4-20.3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.5- 7.8 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.7-21.0 | 13 | 70.6 | 39.9-89.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 292 | 64 | 20.9 | 14.5-29.2 | 44 | 11.2 | 7.6-16.2 | 49 | 15.3 | 10.6-21.6 | 27 | 7.0 | 4.3-11.4 | 108 | 45.6 | 34.5-57.1 |
| No | 98 | 21 | 11.7 | 6.6-20.0 | 6 | 4.9 | 1.9-12.3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 69 | 82.3 | 71.6-89.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 64 | 16 | 21.6 | 12.6-34.7 | 6 | 8.5 | 3.5-19.1 | 6 | 14.5 | 6.2-30.5 | 10 | 14.7 | 6.8-28.8 | 26 | 40.7 | 26.8-56.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 327 | 69 | 17.6 | 12.1-24.9 | 44 | 9.6 | 6.5-13.9 | 45 | 10.6 | 7.1-15.4 | 17 | 3.3 | 1.8- 5.9 | 152 | 59.0 | 49.1-68.2 |
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*Asked only of those who reported having COPD.
^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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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