2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 603 47 6.6 4.7- 9.1 556 93.4 90.9-95.3
GENDER
Male 296 18 5.6 3.3- 9.4 278 94.4 90.6-96.7
Female 307 29 7.5 4.9-11.3 278 92.5 88.7-95.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 359 33 7.6 5.1-11.2 326 92.4 88.8-94.9
Non-Hispanic Black 129 *** *** *** 119 93.7 88.0-96.8
Other 115 *** *** *** 111 97.9 94.3-99.2
AGE
18-44 227 *** *** *** 221 97.2 93.9-98.8
45-64 211 15 7.5 4.1-13.2 196 92.5 86.8-95.9
65+ 151 25 14.6 9.4-22.0 126 85.4 78.0-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 22 11.5 7.2-17.7 159 88.5 82.3-92.8
Some Post-H.S. 173 11 3.9 2.0- 7.4 162 96.1 92.6-98.0
College Graduate 249 14 4.1 2.3- 7.2 235 95.9 92.8-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 27 9.4 6.1-14.2 186 90.6 85.8-93.9
$50,000+ 255 *** *** *** 247 97.2 94.2-98.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 124 11 10.4 5.3-19.3 113 89.6 80.7-94.7

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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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