2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 770 88 10.3 7.6-13.7 682 89.7 86.3-92.4
Region 3 398 39 7.8 5.3-11.2 359 92.2 88.8-94.7
Region 4 711 54 8.3 6.1-11.2 657 91.7 88.8-93.9
Region 5 556 40 7.0 5.0- 9.8 516 93.0 90.2-95.0
Region 6 425 41 8.9 6.2-12.6 384 91.1 87.4-93.8
Region 7 621 39 5.6 3.9- 8.1 582 94.4 91.9-96.1
Region 8 534 59 9.1 6.8-12.1 475 90.9 87.9-93.2
Region 9 & 10 699 67 9.6 7.0-13.2 632 90.4 86.8-93.0
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,696 171 9.0 7.4-10.8 1,525 91.0 89.2-92.6
Piedmont 2,127 155 7.0 5.8- 8.5 1,972 93.0 91.5-94.2
Western NC 891 101 10.6 8.1-13.7 790 89.4 86.3-91.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 682 75 9.1 6.5-12.7 607 90.9 87.3-93.5
Northwest 645 67 9.4 6.9-12.6 578 90.6 87.4-93.1
Charlotte 562 41 7.6 5.4-10.8 521 92.4 89.2-94.6
Greensboro 447 34 7.3 5.1-10.5 413 92.7 89.5-94.9
Southern Regional 530 58 10.3 7.5-13.9 472 89.7 86.1-92.5
Southeast 270 24 8.2 5.1-12.9 246 91.8 87.1-94.9
Wake 682 44 5.8 4.1- 8.1 638 94.2 91.9-95.9
Area L & Eastern 896 84 8.3 6.3-10.9 812 91.7 89.1-93.7
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 770 88 10.3 7.6-13.7 682 89.7 86.3-92.4
Region 2 658 63 8.6 6.4-11.3 595 91.4 88.7-93.6
Region 3 721 56 8.4 6.2-11.3 665 91.6 88.7-93.8
Region 4 883 51 5.0 3.6- 6.9 832 95.0 93.1-96.4
Region 5 818 85 9.2 7.2-11.8 733 90.8 88.2-92.8
Region 6 864 84 9.1 6.9-11.9 780 90.9 88.1-93.1

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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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