2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 4,708 427 8.1 7.2- 9.1 4,281 91.9 90.9-92.8
Medicaid Region 1 770 88 10.3 7.6-13.7 682 89.7 86.3-92.4
GENDER
Male 355 23 4.1 2.4- 7.0 332 95.9 93.0-97.6
Female 415 65 15.9 11.3-21.9 350 84.1 78.1-88.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 664 79 10.5 7.6-14.2 585 89.5 85.8-92.4
Non-Hispanic Black 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 76 *** *** *** 70 91.4 78.8-96.8
AGE
18-44 199 *** *** *** 194 97.8 94.1-99.2
45-64 263 36 14.1 8.7-22.0 227 85.9 78.0-91.3
65+ 289 44 17.2 11.5-25.0 245 82.8 75.0-88.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 274 48 16.2 11.0-23.1 226 83.8 76.9-89.0
Some Post-H.S. 232 27 8.3 4.9-13.6 205 91.7 86.4-95.1
College Graduate 264 13 2.5 1.3- 4.8 251 97.5 95.2-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 340 58 15.8 10.9-22.4 282 84.2 77.6-89.1
$50,000+ 259 14 4.8 2.5- 9.0 245 95.2 91.0-97.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 162 15 7.9 4.0-14.8 147 92.1 85.2-96.0

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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