2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 4,708 427 8.1 7.2- 9.1 4,281 91.9 90.9-92.8
Region 3 398 39 7.8 5.3-11.2 359 92.2 88.8-94.7
GENDER
Male 191 17 6.5 3.6-11.4 174 93.5 88.6-96.4
Female 207 22 9.0 5.5-14.4 185 91.0 85.6-94.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 321 36 9.3 6.3-13.5 285 90.7 86.5-93.7
Non-Hispanic Black 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 126 *** *** *** 123 97.9 91.9-99.5
45-64 138 16 11.8 6.8-19.5 122 88.2 80.5-93.2
65+ 129 20 12.5 7.6-19.9 109 87.5 80.1-92.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 146 22 11.5 7.0-18.2 124 88.5 81.8-93.0
Some Post-H.S. 115 *** *** *** 107 93.2 85.9-96.8
College Graduate 136 *** *** *** 127 96.7 93.0-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 24 13.7 8.7-20.9 141 86.3 79.1-91.3
$50,000+ 149 *** *** *** 140 96.9 93.3-98.6
Don't know/Not Sure 79 *** *** *** 73 94.7 86.2-98.1

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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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