2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have (COPD) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema or chronic bronchitis?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,882 444 7.8 6.9- 8.8 4,438 92.2 91.2-93.1
-Non-Hispanic White 3,187 328 9.4 8.2-10.8 2,859 90.6 89.2-91.8
GENDER
Male 1,445 126 8.4 6.7-10.4 1,319 91.6 89.6-93.3
Female 1,742 202 10.4 8.7-12.4 1,540 89.6 87.6-91.3
AGE
18-34 558 16 2.6 1.5- 4.5 542 97.4 95.5-98.5
35-44 354 17 5.2 2.9- 9.2 337 94.8 90.8-97.1
45-54 529 44 7.4 5.1-10.6 485 92.6 89.4-94.9
55-64 629 70 11.5 8.6-15.2 559 88.5 84.8-91.4
65-74 625 109 17.6 14.0-21.9 516 82.4 78.1-86.0
75+ 465 70 20.1 15.1-26.2 395 79.9 73.8-84.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 204 60 25.8 19.1-33.7 144 74.2 66.3-80.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 750 105 11.2 8.8-14.1 645 88.8 85.9-91.2
Some Post-H.S. 912 105 8.6 6.7-10.9 807 91.4 89.1-93.3
College Graduate 1,318 56 3.3 2.4- 4.6 1,262 96.7 95.4-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 248 64 25.2 18.6-33.3 184 74.8 66.7-81.4
$15,000- 24,999 376 61 13.3 9.6-18.0 315 86.7 82.0-90.4
$25,000- 34,999 302 44 13.6 9.3-19.6 258 86.4 80.4-90.7
$35,000- 49,999 367 33 9.1 6.0-13.5 334 90.9 86.5-94.0
$50,000- 74,999 476 30 6.2 4.0- 9.5 446 93.8 90.5-96.0
$75,000+ 920 34 3.4 2.2- 5.1 886 96.6 94.9-97.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 974 211 21.9 18.6-25.6 763 78.1 74.4-81.4
No 2,123 110 4.7 3.7- 5.9 2,013 95.3 94.1-96.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 502 49 9.9 7.0-13.8 453 90.1 86.2-93.0
Non-Veteran 2,683 279 9.4 8.1-10.8 2,404 90.6 89.2-91.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 739 48 5.6 4.1- 7.8 691 94.4 92.2-95.9
Regional City or Suburban County 673 62 10.0 7.5-13.3 611 90.0 86.7-92.5
Rural 1,776 218 11.8 9.9-13.9 1,558 88.2 86.1-90.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,612 70 4.4 3.3- 5.8 1,542 95.6 94.2-96.7
Unemployed 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 1,002 138 15.8 12.8-19.2 864 84.2 80.8-87.2
Unable to Work 261 96 32.1 25.0-40.1 165 67.9 59.9-75.0
Other not in Labor Force 205 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 157 34 18.6 12.4-26.8 123 81.4 73.2-87.6
101% to 150% 381 71 16.6 12.2-22.1 310 83.4 77.9-87.8
151% to 200% 231 33 12.7 7.9-19.6 198 87.3 80.4-92.1
More than 200% 1,727 103 5.5 4.4- 7.0 1,624 94.5 93.0-95.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 614 87 12.8 9.5-17.0 527 87.2 83.0-90.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,206 138 12.2 10.1-14.7 1,068 87.8 85.3-89.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,368 103 6.5 5.0- 8.3 1,265 93.5 91.7-95.0

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

^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.

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