2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 425 41 8.9 6.2-12.6 384 91.1 87.4-93.8
GENDER
Male 203 18 7.1 4.2-11.7 185 92.9 88.3-95.8
Female 222 23 10.7 6.5-16.9 199 89.3 83.1-93.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 245 27 9.9 6.5-14.7 218 90.1 85.3-93.5
Non-Hispanic Black 110 11 7.3 3.8-13.7 99 92.7 86.3-96.2
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 177 *** *** *** 171 97.1 93.5-98.8
45-64 137 15 12.1 6.4-21.8 122 87.9 78.2-93.6
65+ 100 19 19.8 12.2-30.6 81 80.2 69.4-87.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 152 23 13.7 8.3-21.7 129 86.3 78.3-91.7
Some Post-H.S. 133 12 7.8 4.3-13.8 121 92.2 86.2-95.7
College Graduate 140 *** *** *** 134 97.1 93.5-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 33 15.4 10.4-22.2 180 84.6 77.8-89.6
$50,000+ 134 *** *** *** 132 99.3 97.2-99.8
Don't know/Not Sure 76 *** *** *** 70 93.2 84.1-97.3

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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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