2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 721 56 8.4 6.2-11.3 665 91.6 88.7-93.8
GENDER
Male 333 19 6.6 3.8-11.1 314 93.4 88.9-96.2
Female 388 37 10.0 6.9-14.3 351 90.0 85.7-93.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 472 42 10.6 7.5-14.8 430 89.4 85.2-92.5
Non-Hispanic Black 136 *** *** *** 128 95.9 91.1-98.1
Other 113 *** *** *** 107 95.5 89.9-98.1
AGE
18-44 287 *** *** *** 280 97.4 94.6-98.8
45-64 236 23 12.7 8.2-19.1 213 87.3 80.9-91.8
65+ 182 25 15.9 9.6-25.3 157 84.1 74.7-90.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 246 34 12.8 8.6-18.7 212 87.2 81.3-91.4
Some Post-H.S. 220 18 8.6 5.1-14.1 202 91.4 85.9-94.9
College Graduate 250 *** *** *** 246 98.9 96.7-99.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 278 33 10.6 7.3-15.0 245 89.4 85.0-92.7
$50,000+ 296 *** *** *** 286 96.0 92.1-98.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 138 13 14.3 7.4-25.7 125 85.7 74.3-92.6

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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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