2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 4,274 362 7.8 6.9- 8.7 3,912 92.2 91.3-93.1
Region 1 & 2 426 33 8.0 5.3-12.0 393 92.0 88.0-94.7
GENDER
Male 219 12 5.1 2.7- 9.6 207 94.9 90.4-97.3
Female 207 21 10.7 6.3-17.7 186 89.3 82.3-93.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 349 30 8.6 5.5-13.1 319 91.4 86.9-94.5
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 51 *** *** *** 49 96.3 85.7-99.1
AGE
18-44 133 *** *** *** 130 97.8 91.6-99.5
45-64 143 12 8.5 4.7-15.1 131 91.5 84.9-95.3
65+ 144 18 15.7 8.7-26.7 126 84.3 73.3-91.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 135 14 9.2 5.3-15.4 121 90.8 84.6-94.7
Some Post-H.S. 123 11 10.5 5.0-20.7 112 89.5 79.3-95.0
College Graduate 168 *** *** *** 160 96.3 92.6-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 181 19 11.8 6.7-20.0 162 88.2 80.0-93.3
$50,000+ 152 *** *** *** 148 97.1 91.9-99.0
Don't know/Not Sure 88 *** *** *** 78 90.8 82.9-95.2

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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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