2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 713 81 9.1 6.8-11.9 632 90.9 88.1-93.2
GENDER
Male 311 28 8.0 5.0-12.5 283 92.0 87.5-95.0
Female 402 53 10.1 7.1-14.2 349 89.9 85.8-92.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 403 49 10.4 7.5-14.3 354 89.6 85.7-92.5
Non-Hispanic Black 137 *** *** *** 127 96.0 91.5-98.2
Other 173 22 9.2 5.1-16.1 151 90.8 83.9-94.9
AGE
18-44 229 11 3.3 1.5- 7.4 218 96.7 92.6-98.5
45-64 252 29 12.0 7.6-18.5 223 88.0 81.5-92.4
65+ 229 41 17.0 11.8-23.9 188 83.0 76.1-88.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 307 43 10.0 6.6-14.9 264 90.0 85.1-93.4
Some College + 405 38 8.2 5.6-11.9 367 91.8 88.1-94.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 372 49 11.4 7.9-16.2 323 88.6 83.8-92.1
$50,000+ 202 13 5.2 2.8- 9.2 189 94.8 90.8-97.2

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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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