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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 239 72 28.4 21.9-35.9 167 71.6 64.1-78.1
GENDER
Male 73 22 28.1 17.7-41.6 51 71.9 58.4-82.3
Female 166 50 28.6 21.0-37.7 116 71.4 62.3-79.0
RACE
White 223 68 31.0 24.2-38.8 155 69.0 61.2-75.8
African American 6 2 20.3 4.2-59.6 4 79.7 40.4-95.8
Other Minorities 9 2 8.5 1.4-37.7 7 91.5 62.3-98.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 235 72 30.0 23.4-37.6 163 70.0 62.4-76.6
AGE
18-24 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
25-34 2 1 13.7 1.0-71.8 1 86.3 28.2-99.0
35-44 17 7 28.6 11.4-55.5 10 71.4 44.5-88.6
45-54 45 17 30.7 18.1-47.0 28 69.3 53.0-81.9
55-64 61 19 35.6 22.6-51.1 42 64.4 48.9-77.4
65+ 111 28 28.5 19.2-40.1 83 71.5 59.9-80.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 66 27 32.8 20.0-48.8 39 67.2 51.2-80.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 90 25 30.2 19.7-43.4 65 69.8 56.6-80.3
Some Post-H.S. 51 13 23.1 13.2-37.2 38 76.9 62.8-86.8
College Graduate 32 7 20.4 9.5-38.4 25 79.6 61.6-90.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 74 27 30.1 18.5-45.1 47 69.9 54.9-81.5
$15,000- 24,999 60 18 23.8 13.6-38.1 42 76.2 61.9-86.4
$25,000- 34,999 36 9 33.4 17.3-54.5 27 66.6 45.5-82.7
$35,000- 49,999 21 3 15.1 4.4-40.5 18 84.9 59.5-95.6
$50,000-74,999 12 3 22.4 7.1-51.9 9 77.6 48.1-92.9
$75,000+ 7 2 17.7 3.3-57.6 5 82.3 42.4-96.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 183 61 32.6 25.0-41.2 122 67.4 58.8-75.0
No 54 10 18.7 8.9-34.9 44 81.3 65.1-91.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 38 10 30.8 16.2-50.6 28 69.2 49.4-83.8
Non-Veteran 180 55 28.2 20.9-36.9 125 71.8 63.1-79.1

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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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