2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 621 39 5.6 3.8- 8.0 582 94.4 92.0-96.2
GENDER
Male 310 17 5.6 3.2- 9.8 293 94.4 90.2-96.8
Female 311 22 5.5 3.4- 8.9 289 94.5 91.1-96.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 369 26 6.4 4.0-10.0 343 93.6 90.0-96.0
Non-Hispanic Black 144 *** *** *** 136 95.2 89.8-97.8
Other 108 *** *** *** 103 96.5 91.4-98.7
AGE
18-44 251 *** *** *** 249 98.7 93.3-99.8
45-64 219 17 7.7 4.5-12.8 202 92.3 87.2-95.5
65+ 139 19 13.2 8.0-21.0 120 86.8 79.0-92.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 201 19 8.3 5.1-13.1 182 91.7 86.9-94.9
Some Post-H.S. 128 *** *** *** 119 94.9 87.9-97.9
College Graduate 291 11 3.3 1.5- 6.8 280 96.7 93.2-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 24 10.7 6.8-16.4 181 89.3 83.6-93.2
$50,000+ 276 *** *** *** 271 98.7 96.6-99.5
Don't know/Not Sure 132 *** *** *** 122 92.4 84.3-96.5

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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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