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2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 4,274 362 7.8 6.9- 8.7 3,912 92.2 91.3-93.1
Medicaid Region 2 501 44 9.0 6.3-12.6 457 91.0 87.4-93.7
GENDER
Male 245 19 7.4 4.2-12.8 226 92.6 87.2-95.8
Female 256 25 10.3 6.6-15.9 231 89.7 84.1-93.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 380 35 8.8 6.1-12.4 345 91.2 87.6-93.9
Non-Hispanic Black 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 58 *** *** *** 57 96.6 79.4-99.5
AGE
18-44 154 *** *** *** 150 96.3 89.3-98.8
45-64 191 21 12.2 7.7-18.7 170 87.8 81.3-92.3
65+ 148 19 15.0 8.6-24.9 129 85.0 75.1-91.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 171 22 11.0 7.1-16.8 149 89.0 83.2-92.9
Some Post-H.S. 157 15 10.6 5.4-19.6 142 89.4 80.4-94.6
College Graduate 172 *** *** *** 165 97.0 93.5-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 27 12.5 8.3-18.3 173 87.5 81.7-91.7
$50,000+ 185 *** *** *** 176 95.7 91.4-97.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 111 *** *** *** 103 89.4 76.4-95.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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