2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 534 59 9.1 6.8-12.1 475 90.9 87.9-93.2
GENDER
Male 256 21 6.7 4.1-10.6 235 93.3 89.4-95.9
Female 278 38 11.4 7.9-16.3 240 88.6 83.7-92.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 362 38 8.5 6.0-11.8 324 91.5 88.2-94.0
Non-Hispanic Black 70 *** *** *** 64 92.7 82.7-97.1
Other 102 15 14.0 7.2-25.5 87 86.0 74.5-92.8
AGE
18-44 183 *** *** *** 174 96.2 91.9-98.2
45-64 166 22 12.6 8.1-19.1 144 87.4 80.9-91.9
65+ 176 27 15.7 10.2-23.5 149 84.3 76.5-89.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 210 32 11.4 7.7-16.6 178 88.6 83.4-92.3
Some Post-H.S. 167 18 8.5 4.9-14.3 149 91.5 85.7-95.1
College Graduate 156 *** *** *** 147 94.6 89.0-97.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 270 43 13.4 9.5-18.6 227 86.6 81.4-90.5
$50,000+ 161 *** *** *** 156 97.4 93.3-99.0
Don't know/Not Sure 91 *** *** *** 81 91.0 82.2-95.7

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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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