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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

How many different medications do you currently take each day to help with your COPD,
chronic bronchitis, or emphysema?*

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  Total
Respond.^
One medication Two medications 3-4 medications 5+ medications None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 371 69 14.7 10.3-20.6 54 10.6 7.6-14.6 48 11.2 7.7-15.9 33 6.5 4.1-10.1 167 57.0 48.9-64.9
Female 775 150 19.7 16.0-24.1 119 13.9 11.1-17.3 105 12.1 9.7-15.1 39 4.8 3.1- 7.4 362 49.4 44.7-54.1
RACE
White 962 187 18.3 15.0-22.1 151 12.9 10.5-15.6 131 13.3 10.6-16.4 60 6.1 4.3- 8.6 433 49.5 44.3-54.6
African American 125 23 16.7 9.2-28.4 17 16.5 9.3-27.5 18 10.8 6.4-17.6 7 4.0 1.6- 9.5 60 52.0 40.7-63.2
Asian 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
Native American 26 3 7.4 2.0-23.7 3 13.1 3.6-38.0 3 5.5 1.5-18.4 3 3.2 0.9-10.8 14 70.8 47.3-86.8
Other Minorities 30 6 14.4 4.5-37.7 2 1.8 0.3- 9.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 2 3.7 0.7-17.9 19 79.6 57.6-91.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 34 7 15.4 5.1-38.4 1 1.5 0.2-10.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.8 0.7-10.6 23 80.2 58.4-92.1
-English Speaking 18 4 16.8 4.9-44.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 10.3 2.4-34.8 11 72.9 42.9-90.6
-Spanish Speaking 16 3 14.9 3.2-47.8 1 2.1 0.3-14.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 12 83.0 51.8-95.7
Non-Hispanic 1,110 212 17.7 14.7-21.2 172 13.4 11.1-16.1 153 12.8 10.4-15.5 69 5.8 4.2- 8.0 504 50.3 45.6-54.9
AGE
18-24 11 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 11 100 . - .
25-34 35 7 21.2 8.2-44.7 3 2.9 0.9- 9.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 25 76.0 53.4-89.7
35-44 91 21 24.4 14.3-38.5 12 10.9 5.6-19.9 8 7.1 3.2-14.9 3 7.1 2.0-22.4 47 50.5 37.5-63.4
45-54 190 34 19.1 12.3-28.4 25 10.8 6.9-16.6 30 15.2 9.5-23.5 6 2.1 0.9- 5.1 95 52.8 43.5-61.9
55-64 297 55 17.3 12.7-23.1 48 14.4 10.2-19.9 53 19.4 14.2-26.0 18 6.5 3.4-12.2 123 42.4 35.3-49.8
65-74 326 60 17.1 12.7-22.6 59 19.9 14.5-26.7 36 10.4 7.2-14.9 23 6.0 3.7- 9.6 148 46.5 39.8-53.4
75+ 193 42 18.2 12.8-25.2 26 14.7 9.4-22.2 25 14.1 9.1-21.3 22 13.8 8.4-21.9 78 39.1 31.1-47.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 289 46 14.0 9.0-21.2 62 19.6 13.9-26.8 48 13.5 9.1-19.6 19 4.8 2.5- 9.3 114 48.1 37.5-58.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 398 85 17.2 12.8-22.7 43 7.4 5.2-10.5 59 12.9 9.4-17.5 22 4.0 2.4- 6.5 189 58.6 51.7-65.1
Some Post-H.S. 274 47 18.9 12.5-27.5 45 11.8 8.1-16.8 31 10.9 6.9-16.8 22 7.2 3.9-12.8 129 51.3 41.5-61.0
College Graduate 185 41 22.4 15.2-31.7 23 10.8 6.8-16.9 15 7.0 3.9-12.2 9 7.8 3.6-15.9 97 52.0 42.7-61.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 281 46 13.0 9.0-18.4 59 16.8 12.1-22.8 57 20.9 14.7-28.9 26 9.8 5.4-17.1 93 39.6 29.9-50.1
$15,000- 24,999 267 55 20.4 14.2-28.4 40 13.3 8.7-19.8 29 10.9 7.0-16.5 14 4.1 2.3- 7.5 129 51.3 43.2-59.4
$25,000- 34,999 140 37 26.9 17.5-38.9 13 11.7 6.3-21.0 16 11.0 6.1-19.2 7 5.3 2.0-12.9 67 45.1 34.2-56.4
$35,000- 49,999 133 20 13.6 7.3-24.0 19 13.0 7.7-20.9 18 12.8 7.3-21.4 7 4.9 2.0-11.3 69 55.7 44.9-66.0
$50,000-74,999 77 20 27.0 15.6-42.5 8 6.5 3.0-13.4 7 6.4 2.9-13.4 4 6.4 1.9-19.3 38 53.8 39.6-67.3
$75,000+ 96 19 15.7 8.7-26.6 10 7.4 3.5-14.9 8 4.6 1.9-10.6 3 3.0 0.8-10.5 56 69.4 55.2-80.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 812 148 16.9 13.4-21.1 140 14.2 11.4-17.5 140 15.9 12.9-19.6 71 8.1 5.9-11.0 313 44.9 39.2-50.6
No 321 68 18.9 13.4-26.0 32 8.7 5.7-13.1 13 2.6 1.4- 4.7 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 207 69.6 61.8-76.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 190 38 15.0 10.4-21.2 27 12.6 8.2-18.9 25 15.5 9.8-23.7 22 13.4 7.8-21.9 78 43.5 34.8-52.6
Non-Veteran 956 181 18.0 14.5-22.0 146 12.4 10.0-15.2 128 10.9 8.7-13.7 50 4.0 2.8- 5.9 451 54.7 49.5-59.7

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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.

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