2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 711 54 8.3 6.1-11.2 657 91.7 88.8-93.9
GENDER
Male 330 19 6.6 3.9-11.1 311 93.4 88.9-96.1
Female 381 35 9.8 6.7-14.0 346 90.2 86.0-93.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 467 41 10.6 7.5-14.9 426 89.4 85.1-92.5
Non-Hispanic Black 133 *** *** *** 125 95.8 90.9-98.1
Other 111 *** *** *** 106 95.9 90.1-98.3
AGE
18-44 284 *** *** *** 277 97.5 94.7-98.8
45-64 232 23 12.7 8.2-19.1 209 87.3 80.9-91.8
65+ 180 24 15.8 9.5-25.1 156 84.2 74.9-90.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 244 33 12.6 8.5-18.4 211 87.4 81.6-91.5
Some Post-H.S. 218 18 8.6 5.1-14.0 200 91.4 86.0-94.9
College Graduate 244 *** *** *** 241 99.1 96.8-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 31 10.4 7.1-14.9 240 89.6 85.1-92.9
$50,000+ 294 *** *** *** 284 96.0 92.2-98.0
Don't know/Not Sure 137 13 14.2 7.4-25.5 124 85.8 74.5-92.6

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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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