BRFSS 2009 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (During the past 12 months, has a doctor ever prescribed prednisone for your breathing problems?*)

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
North Carolina	951	280	28.6	23.1-34.8	671	71.4	65.2-76.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	32	8	22.0	10.4-40.7	24	78.0	59.3-89.6
Buncombe	17	4	19.2	6.8-43.9	13	80.8	56.1-93.2
Cabarrus	29	7	22.7	9.6-44.8	22	77.3	55.2-90.4
Catawba	28	9	30.0	14.7-51.5	19	70.0	48.5-85.3
Cumberland	34	10	24.4	11.8-43.8	24	75.6	56.2-88.2
Davidson	43	16	34.0	20.7-50.6	27	66.0	49.4-79.3
Durham	20	3	13.7	4.1-36.8	17	86.3	63.2-95.9
Forsyth	21	7	31.2	13.0-57.8	14	68.8	42.2-87.0
Gaston	26	7	20.4	9.1-39.4	19	79.6	60.6-90.9
Guilford	27	8	32.5	15.1-56.6	19	67.5	43.4-84.9
Iredell	23	6	20.3	8.3-41.7	17	79.7	58.3-91.7
Johnston	26	5	27.4	8.1-61.6	21	72.6	38.4-91.9
Mecklenburg	25	11	50.2	27.2-73.1	14	49.8	26.9-72.8
New Hanover	31	9	31.5	15.5-53.5	22	68.5	46.5-84.5
Onslow	33	7	15.4	6.4-32.3	26	84.6	67.7-93.6
Orange	15	2	10.2	2.2-36.8	13	89.8	63.2-97.8
Pitt	23	9	28.4	13.3-50.5	14	71.6	49.5-86.7
Randolph	22	4	16.9	5.8-40.1	18	83.1	59.9-94.2
Robeson	35	11	25.8	12.8-45.0	24	74.2	55.0-87.2
Rowan	42	15	34.4	19.6-52.9	27	65.6	47.1-80.4
Union	16	2	10.8	2.4-37.3	14	89.2	62.7-97.6
Wake	29	8	26.6	12.2-48.7	21	73.4	51.3-87.8
Wayne	43	15	33.3	19.3-51.1	28	66.7	48.9-80.7
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	286	87	25.7	18.6-34.4	199	74.3	65.6-81.4
Piedmont	426	121	30.2	21.7-40.4	305	69.8	59.6-78.3
Western NC	239	72	28.4	21.9-35.9	167	71.6	64.1-78.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	154	47	28.1	20.5-37.0	107	71.9	63.0-79.5
Northwest	247	79	28.9	22.2-36.8	168	71.1	63.2-77.8
Charlotte	103	27	22.0	12.4-35.9	76	78.0	64.1-87.6
Greensboro	101	25	36.1	14.8-64.8	76	63.9	35.2-85.2
Southern Regional	97	32	36.0	20.6-54.9	65	64.0	45.1-79.4
Coastal	38	11	30.5	12.5-57.5	27	69.5	42.5-87.5
Wake	82	18	29.0	16.6-45.5	64	71.0	54.5-83.4
Area L	5	1	12.6	1.5-58.5	4	87.4	41.5-98.5
Eastern	124	40	22.9	14.2-34.8	84	77.1	65.2-85.8

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

951

280

28.6

23.1-34.8

671

71.4

65.2-76.9

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

22.0

10.4-40.7

78.0

59.3-89.6

Buncombe

19.2

6.8-43.9

80.8

56.1-93.2

Cabarrus

22.7

9.6-44.8

77.3

55.2-90.4

Catawba

30.0

14.7-51.5

70.0

48.5-85.3

Cumberland

24.4

11.8-43.8

75.6

56.2-88.2

Davidson

34.0

20.7-50.6

66.0

49.4-79.3

Durham

13.7

4.1-36.8

86.3

63.2-95.9

Forsyth

31.2

13.0-57.8

68.8

42.2-87.0

Gaston

20.4

9.1-39.4

79.6

60.6-90.9

Guilford

32.5

15.1-56.6

67.5

43.4-84.9

Iredell

20.3

8.3-41.7

79.7

58.3-91.7

Johnston

27.4

8.1-61.6

72.6

38.4-91.9

Mecklenburg

50.2

27.2-73.1

49.8

26.9-72.8

New Hanover

31.5

15.5-53.5

68.5

46.5-84.5

Onslow

15.4

6.4-32.3

84.6

67.7-93.6

Orange

10.2

2.2-36.8

89.8

63.2-97.8

Pitt

28.4

13.3-50.5

71.6

49.5-86.7

Randolph

16.9

5.8-40.1

83.1

59.9-94.2

Robeson

25.8

12.8-45.0

74.2

55.0-87.2

Rowan

34.4

19.6-52.9

65.6

47.1-80.4

Union

10.8

2.4-37.3

89.2

62.7-97.6

Wake

26.6

12.2-48.7

73.4

51.3-87.8

Wayne

33.3

19.3-51.1

66.7

48.9-80.7

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

286

25.7

18.6-34.4

199

74.3

65.6-81.4

Piedmont

426

121

30.2

21.7-40.4

305

69.8

59.6-78.3

Western NC

239

28.4

21.9-35.9

167

71.6

64.1-78.1

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

154

28.1

20.5-37.0

107

71.9

63.0-79.5

Northwest

247

28.9

22.2-36.8

168

71.1

63.2-77.8

Charlotte

103

22.0

12.4-35.9

78.0

64.1-87.6

Greensboro

101

36.1

14.8-64.8

63.9

35.2-85.2

Southern Regional

36.0

20.6-54.9

64.0

45.1-79.4

Coastal

30.5

12.5-57.5

69.5

42.5-87.5

Wake

29.0

16.6-45.5

71.0

54.5-83.4

Area L

12.6

1.5-58.5

87.4

41.5-98.5

Eastern

124

22.9

14.2-34.8

77.1

65.2-85.8

Back to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

*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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