2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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
Region 1 & 2 812 95 10.0 7.5-13.2 717 90.0 86.8-92.5
GENDER
Male 358 31 6.7 4.0-11.0 327 93.3 89.0-96.0
Female 454 64 13.0 9.2-18.0 390 87.0 82.0-90.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 714 89 10.8 8.0-14.3 625 89.2 85.7-92.0
Non-Hispanic Black 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 69 *** *** *** 65 97.4 89.8-99.4
AGE
18-44 200 *** *** *** 194 97.3 92.7-99.0
45-64 280 38 9.4 6.2-14.1 242 90.6 85.9-93.8
65+ 323 51 21.5 15.1-29.8 272 78.5 70.2-84.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 287 50 14.1 9.6-20.4 237 85.9 79.6-90.4
Some College + 523 45 6.4 4.3- 9.2 478 93.6 90.8-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 383 67 13.3 9.5-18.4 316 86.7 81.6-90.5
$50,000+ 274 *** *** *** 267 98.2 95.1-99.3

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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.

^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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