2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 682 61 8.4 6.3-11.1 621 91.6 88.9-93.7
GENDER
Male 328 24 6.7 4.4-10.2 304 93.3 89.8-95.6
Female 354 37 9.9 6.8-14.3 317 90.1 85.7-93.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 458 44 9.9 7.1-13.5 414 90.1 86.5-92.9
Non-Hispanic Black 111 *** *** *** 101 93.8 86.6-97.3
Other 113 *** *** *** 106 94.9 87.7-98.0
AGE
18-44 281 *** *** *** 272 96.4 92.9-98.2
45-64 226 23 9.5 6.1-14.5 203 90.5 85.5-93.9
65+ 160 28 19.0 12.3-28.2 132 81.0 71.8-87.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 33 13.1 8.9-19.0 182 86.9 81.0-91.1
Some College + 466 28 5.4 3.6- 8.1 438 94.6 91.9-96.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 275 34 9.6 6.5-13.8 241 90.4 86.2-93.5
$50,000+ 287 16 5.8 3.4- 9.7 271 94.2 90.3-96.6

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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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