2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 699 67 9.6 7.0-13.2 632 90.4 86.8-93.0
GENDER
Male 306 24 9.1 5.5-14.7 282 90.9 85.3-94.5
Female 393 43 10.1 6.5-15.2 350 89.9 84.8-93.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 433 50 11.7 8.1-16.6 383 88.3 83.4-91.9
Non-Hispanic Black 205 17 7.5 3.9-14.2 188 92.5 85.8-96.1
Other 61 *** *** *** 61 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 196 *** *** *** 187 92.7 85.9-96.4
45-64 260 30 11.3 6.8-18.0 230 88.7 82.0-93.2
65+ 231 26 11.8 7.2-18.7 205 88.2 81.3-92.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 285 38 13.3 8.7-19.7 247 86.7 80.3-91.3
Some Post-H.S. 200 16 8.0 4.2-14.7 184 92.0 85.3-95.8
College Graduate 213 13 4.6 2.2- 9.3 200 95.4 90.7-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 345 45 13.4 9.0-19.5 300 86.6 80.5-91.0
$50,000+ 225 *** *** *** 215 95.6 91.1-97.9
Don't know/Not Sure 127 12 10.2 4.6-21.0 115 89.8 79.0-95.4

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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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