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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

During the past 12 months, has a doctor ever prescribed prednisone for your breathing problems?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 951 280 28.6 23.1-34.8 671 71.4 65.2-76.9
-Eastern NC 286 87 25.7 18.6-34.4 199 74.3 65.6-81.4
GENDER
Male 81 19 10.4 5.6-18.7 62 89.6 81.3-94.4
Female 205 68 35.5 26.0-46.4 137 64.5 53.6-74.0
RACE
White 201 58 25.2 17.5-34.9 143 74.8 65.1-82.5
African American 61 20 28.4 15.8-45.5 41 71.6 54.5-84.2
Other Minorities 23 9 27.3 6.0-68.8 14 72.7 31.2-94.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 4 87.8 37.4-98.9 1 12.2 1.1-62.6
Non-Hispanic 281 83 23.4 17.0-31.3 198 76.6 68.7-83.0
AGE
18-24 4 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .
25-34 13 2 32.4 7.0-75.2 11 67.6 24.8-93.0
35-44 23 8 18.5 6.9-41.1 15 81.5 58.9-93.1
45-54 54 18 20.3 9.5-38.2 36 79.7 61.8-90.5
55-64 76 27 40.8 25.9-57.5 49 59.2 42.5-74.1
65+ 116 32 27.4 17.8-39.6 84 72.6 60.4-82.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 53 19 24.3 11.0-45.5 34 75.7 54.5-89.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 105 29 27.5 15.2-44.4 76 72.5 55.6-84.8
Some Post-H.S. 90 27 22.9 13.7-35.9 63 77.1 64.1-86.3
College Graduate 37 11 30.6 11.9-59.0 26 69.4 41.0-88.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 69 21 22.9 10.7-42.3 48 77.1 57.7-89.3
$15,000- 24,999 66 23 29.9 16.6-47.7 43 70.1 52.3-83.4
$25,000- 34,999 29 8 35.6 11.9-69.3 21 64.4 30.7-88.1
$35,000- 49,999 31 6 12.5 4.7-29.3 25 87.5 70.7-95.3
$50,000-74,999 30 8 24.1 8.6-51.6 22 75.9 48.4-91.4
$75,000+ 21 5 13.3 4.7-32.3 16 86.7 67.7-95.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 212 75 32.2 23.1-43.0 137 67.8 57.0-76.9
No 73 12 12.5 5.9-24.7 61 87.5 75.3-94.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 50 15 19.3 9.9-34.1 35 80.7 65.9-90.1
Non-Veteran 205 64 27.5 18.5-38.8 141 72.5 61.2-81.5

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*Asked only of those who reported having COPD.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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