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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 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
| Alamance | 33 | 7 | 23.8 | 10.4-45.6 | 4 | 7.7 | 2.5-21.6 | 5 | 7.4 | 2.8-17.8 | 3 | 6.7 | 2.0-20.6 | 14 | 54.4 | 33.8-73.7 |
| Buncombe | 25 | 7 | 22.2 | 10.2-41.9 | 5 | 23.0 | 9.9-44.8 | 4 | 17.6 | 6.4-40.1 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-17.1 | 8 | 34.5 | 17.7-56.3 |
| Cabarrus | 21 | 4 | 21.4 | 7.4-48.1 | 2 | 6.3 | 1.5-22.9 | 5 | 21.8 | 8.0-47.2 | 4 | 19.6 | 7.2-43.3 | 6 | 30.9 | 13.0-57.2 |
| Catawba | 31 | 5 | 34.6 | 9.5-72.7 | 5 | 8.1 | 2.7-21.9 | 5 | 9.1 | 2.8-25.7 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1- 7.9 | 15 | 47.1 | 20.8-75.2 |
| Cumberland | 34 | 11 | 28.6 | 15.1-47.5 | 5 | 13.7 | 5.3-31.0 | 4 | 12.0 | 4.3-29.3 | 2 | 5.2 | 1.2-19.9 | 12 | 40.5 | 23.4-60.2 |
| Davidson | 45 | 8 | 11.2 | 4.5-25.3 | 7 | 8.5 | 3.4-19.5 | 7 | 16.5 | 6.7-35.4 | 3 | 4.0 | 1.1-13.2 | 20 | 59.8 | 37.2-78.9 |
| Durham | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 11.3 | 1.6-50.1 | 2 | 19.1 | 4.5-54.2 | 1 | 10.5 | 1.5-48.2 | 7 | 59.2 | 28.8-83.8 |
| Forsyth | 24 | 4 | 17.6 | 6.2-40.7 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.6-23.7 | 4 | 17.7 | 6.7-39.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 15 | 60.8 | 38.8-79.1 |
| Gaston | 40 | 5 | 10.2 | 4.0-23.8 | 10 | 23.9 | 11.6-43.0 | 3 | 6.7 | 2.0-20.4 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-14.5 | 20 | 55.4 | 36.7-72.6 |
| Guilford | 30 | 5 | 12.5 | 4.8-28.9 | 1 | 5.2 | 0.7-29.2 | 3 | 6.7 | 1.8-22.4 | 3 | 7.8 | 1.9-27.0 | 18 | 67.7 | 47.0-83.3 |
| Iredell | 32 | 6 | 14.8 | 6.0-32.2 | 8 | 23.4 | 11.0-43.1 | 1 | 2.9 | 0.4-18.2 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.5 | 16 | 56.2 | 36.5-74.1 |
| Johnston | 40 | 9 | 21.8 | 10.9-38.7 | 7 | 19.4 | 8.4-38.5 | 3 | 6.7 | 2.1-19.6 | 2 | 4.6 | 1.1-17.1 | 19 | 47.5 | 31.0-64.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 42 | 6 | 13.7 | 4.9-32.9 | 7 | 12.9 | 5.5-27.5 | 8 | 9.2 | 4.0-19.5 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.8 | 20 | 62.8 | 43.0-79.0 |
| New Hanover | 17 | 6 | 42.5 | 20.6-67.7 | 1 | 5.4 | 0.7-30.5 | 2 | 8.9 | 2.0-31.6 | 2 | 6.8 | 1.6-24.6 | 6 | 36.4 | 16.4-62.6 |
| Onslow | 33 | 7 | 27.6 | 13.4-48.6 | 7 | 13.6 | 6.1-27.6 | 7 | 18.9 | 8.1-38.0 | 2 | 6.2 | 1.4-23.2 | 10 | 33.7 | 18.1-53.9 |
| Orange | 13 | 4 | 23.8 | 7.7-54.0 | 3 | 19.5 | 5.4-50.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 13.8 | 2.9-46.5 | 4 | 42.8 | 15.7-75.1 |
| Pitt | 33 | 5 | 13.3 | 5.2-30.0 | 1 | 3.7 | 0.5-22.3 | 2 | 7.9 | 1.8-28.2 | 2 | 5.3 | 1.2-21.1 | 23 | 69.8 | 50.2-84.2 |
| Randolph | 37 | 8 | 25.1 | 9.9-50.6 | 8 | 17.8 | 8.4-33.9 | 3 | 8.6 | 2.6-24.9 | 3 | 4.5 | 1.4-13.8 | 15 | 44.0 | 25.8-63.9 |
| Robeson | 32 | 6 | 16.8 | 6.4-37.4 | 2 | 4.1 | 0.9-16.0 | 3 | 5.1 | 1.4-16.2 | 3 | 5.2 | 1.5-16.7 | 18 | 68.8 | 46.6-84.8 |
| Rowan | 32 | 4 | 16.7 | 4.4-46.4 | 7 | 21.1 | 8.4-43.7 | 4 | 7.6 | 2.4-21.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 17 | 54.6 | 31.4-75.9 |
| Union | 19 | 5 | 19.5 | 7.3-42.6 | 5 | 25.1 | 10.4-49.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 2.2-35.3 | 1 | 8.6 | 1.2-41.5 | 6 | 36.9 | 16.9-62.8 |
| Wake | 31 | 4 | 8.7 | 3.0-22.7 | 5 | 18.6 | 6.9-41.6 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.5 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-16.0 | 20 | 68.6 | 47.9-83.8 |
| Wayne | 30 | 6 | 14.3 | 5.2-33.5 | 5 | 17.8 | 6.4-40.5 | 2 | 4.9 | 1.1-19.0 | 5 | 14.4 | 4.9-35.4 | 12 | 48.6 | 23.8-74.1 |
| NC REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
| Piedmont | 505 | 87 | 16.6 | 12.3-22.0 | 88 | 13.7 | 10.4-17.8 | 61 | 10.8 | 7.8-14.8 | 32 | 6.2 | 3.8- 9.8 | 237 | 52.7 | 46.5-58.9 |
| Western NC | 250 | 47 | 18.8 | 13.6-25.6 | 35 | 15.0 | 10.4-21.1 | 41 | 15.8 | 11.4-21.6 | 13 | 4.7 | 2.6- 8.2 | 114 | 45.7 | 38.3-53.2 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 162 | 26 | 13.7 | 9.0-20.3 | 25 | 16.4 | 10.7-24.3 | 29 | 18.2 | 12.3-26.1 | 8 | 4.6 | 2.2- 9.2 | 74 | 47.1 | 37.8-56.5 |
| Northwest | 257 | 49 | 22.3 | 15.0-31.9 | 39 | 11.6 | 7.9-16.8 | 33 | 11.9 | 7.8-17.6 | 10 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.8 | 126 | 51.7 | 42.8-60.6 |
| Charlotte | 140 | 22 | 13.1 | 7.4-22.1 | 28 | 17.0 | 10.7-26.1 | 21 | 11.5 | 6.9-18.7 | 10 | 6.8 | 3.3-13.5 | 59 | 51.6 | 39.8-63.3 |
| Greensboro | 130 | 26 | 19.1 | 10.7-31.9 | 21 | 9.7 | 5.7-16.2 | 12 | 8.6 | 3.4-20.2 | 13 | 11.5 | 5.1-24.0 | 58 | 51.1 | 38.7-63.3 |
| Southern Regional | 117 | 31 | 20.1 | 12.4-31.0 | 10 | 7.9 | 3.6-16.3 | 11 | 6.0 | 2.9-12.2 | 9 | 8.5 | 3.8-18.3 | 56 | 57.5 | 42.8-71.0 |
| Coastal | 60 | 14 | 21.1 | 8.3-44.0 | 5 | 6.5 | 2.2-17.4 | 10 | 10.5 | 4.2-23.8 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.3-11.3 | 25 | 58.0 | 33.2-79.3 |
| Wake | 97 | 17 | 13.3 | 7.6-22.3 | 16 | 16.9 | 9.1-29.3 | 9 | 10.9 | 4.8-22.8 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.2- 8.6 | 50 | 55.5 | 42.7-67.7 |
| Area L | 27 | 6 | 22.4 | 9.2-45.2 | 6 | 13.6 | 5.6-29.5 | 7 | 23.8 | 10.6-45.1 | 2 | 6.4 | 1.4-25.1 | 6 | 33.8 | 15.2-59.4 |
| Eastern | 156 | 28 | 14.0 | 8.5-22.2 | 23 | 11.4 | 6.7-18.6 | 21 | 13.6 | 7.8-22.6 | 9 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.2 | 75 | 57.7 | 45.1-69.3 |
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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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