2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 556 40 7.0 5.0- 9.8 516 93.0 90.2-95.0
GENDER
Male 239 16 5.6 3.2- 9.6 223 94.4 90.4-96.8
Female 317 24 8.3 5.3-12.6 293 91.7 87.4-94.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 342 28 8.1 5.4-11.9 314 91.9 88.1-94.6
Non-Hispanic Black 144 *** *** *** 134 92.7 86.0-96.4
Other 70 *** *** *** 68 98.9 95.3-99.7
AGE
18-44 209 *** *** *** 205 97.5 93.4-99.1
45-64 184 20 12.2 7.7-18.7 164 87.8 81.3-92.3
65+ 152 16 9.2 5.3-15.6 136 90.8 84.4-94.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 183 22 10.0 6.2-15.7 161 90.0 84.3-93.8
Some Post-H.S. 149 12 7.8 4.2-13.9 137 92.2 86.1-95.8
College Graduate 222 *** *** *** 216 97.3 93.8-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 23 10.4 6.6-15.9 205 89.6 84.1-93.4
$50,000+ 222 *** *** *** 215 96.6 92.7-98.4
Don't know/Not Sure 103 *** *** *** 93 92.2 84.4-96.3

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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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