2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 2 658 63 8.6 6.4-11.3 595 91.4 88.7-93.6
GENDER
Male 302 23 6.5 4.1-10.4 279 93.5 89.6-95.9
Female 356 40 10.4 7.3-14.7 316 89.6 85.3-92.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 480 52 9.5 6.9-12.9 428 90.5 87.1-93.1
Non-Hispanic Black 112 *** *** *** 103 90.9 82.6-95.5
Other 66 *** *** *** 64 99.1 96.3-99.8
AGE
18-44 216 *** *** *** 210 96.8 92.5-98.7
45-64 231 29 13.7 9.3-19.7 202 86.3 80.3-90.7
65+ 200 28 11.9 7.8-17.7 172 88.1 82.3-92.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 237 36 12.9 8.8-18.4 201 87.1 81.6-91.2
Some Post-H.S. 195 16 7.8 4.6-12.9 179 92.2 87.1-95.4
College Graduate 223 11 3.1 1.4- 6.7 212 96.9 93.3-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 273 38 14.1 9.9-19.7 235 85.9 80.3-90.1
$50,000+ 247 14 4.1 2.2- 7.6 233 95.9 92.4-97.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 132 11 6.1 2.9-12.4 121 93.9 87.6-97.1

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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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