2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 742 57 6.9 5.0- 9.4 685 93.1 90.6-95.0
GENDER
Male 313 14 4.8 2.6- 8.7 299 95.2 91.3-97.4
Female 429 43 8.9 6.2-12.7 386 91.1 87.3-93.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 475 43 8.4 5.9-11.9 432 91.6 88.1-94.1
Non-Hispanic Black 212 14 5.3 2.7-10.4 198 94.7 89.6-97.3
Other 55 *** *** *** 55 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 214 *** *** *** 205 95.7 91.5-97.9
45-64 262 17 7.9 4.4-13.5 245 92.1 86.5-95.6
65+ 256 31 10.8 7.2-15.8 225 89.2 84.2-92.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 299 29 8.9 5.7-13.7 270 91.1 86.3-94.3
Some College + 439 27 5.0 3.2- 7.7 412 95.0 92.3-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 343 37 9.4 6.3-13.9 306 90.6 86.1-93.7
$50,000+ 252 *** *** *** 243 95.8 91.5-98.0

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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.

^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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