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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 426 121 30.2 21.7-40.4 305 69.8 59.6-78.3
GENDER
Male 133 30 29.4 14.2-51.2 103 70.6 48.8-85.8
Female 293 91 30.7 22.4-40.6 202 69.3 59.4-77.6
RACE
White 367 104 26.9 20.2-34.8 263 73.1 65.2-79.8
African American 42 11 37.6 11.8-73.1 31 62.4 26.9-88.2
Other Minorities 14 5 49.6 22.0-77.4 9 50.4 22.6-78.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 3 70.5 23.2-95.0 2 29.5 5.0-76.8
Non-Hispanic 420 118 29.6 21.0-40.0 302 70.4 60.0-79.0
AGE
18-24 2 1 72.4 14.1-97.7 1 27.6 2.3-85.9
25-34 13 5 34.2 10.3-70.3 8 65.8 29.7-89.7
35-44 32 7 21.7 9.2-42.9 25 78.3 57.1-90.8
45-54 62 19 37.2 15.2-66.2 43 62.8 33.8-84.8
55-64 107 29 24.5 16.5-34.9 78 75.5 65.1-83.5
65+ 208 60 27.8 20.4-36.8 148 72.2 63.2-79.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 105 31 27.3 16.2-42.2 74 72.7 57.8-83.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 139 37 28.3 12.6-52.0 102 71.7 48.0-87.4
Some Post-H.S. 111 36 36.0 23.0-51.4 75 64.0 48.6-77.0
College Graduate 71 17 26.5 15.4-41.6 54 73.5 58.4-84.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 84 28 30.8 17.9-47.8 56 69.2 52.2-82.1
$15,000- 24,999 89 29 29.9 15.7-49.5 60 70.1 50.5-84.3
$25,000- 34,999 53 9 44.5 14.8-78.7 44 55.5 21.3-85.2
$35,000- 49,999 63 15 18.4 10.2-30.8 48 81.6 69.2-89.8
$50,000-74,999 40 11 21.4 10.6-38.5 29 78.6 61.5-89.4
$75,000+ 27 9 48.3 25.3-72.2 18 51.7 27.8-74.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 298 96 35.3 24.0-48.5 202 64.7 51.5-76.0
No 121 22 15.7 8.7-26.8 99 84.3 73.2-91.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 71 21 27.7 15.3-44.8 50 72.3 55.2-84.7
Non-Veteran 322 94 31.8 21.5-44.3 228 68.2 55.7-78.5

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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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