2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 3 368 34 9.3 6.3-13.5 334 90.7 86.5-93.7
GENDER
Male 176 15 8.3 4.6-14.4 161 91.7 85.6-95.4
Female 192 19 10.3 6.1-16.7 173 89.7 83.3-93.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 274 26 9.0 5.8-13.6 248 91.0 86.4-94.2
Non-Hispanic Black 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 119 *** *** *** 115 95.6 88.3-98.4
45-64 122 14 13.1 7.4-22.1 108 86.9 77.9-92.6
65+ 120 16 13.8 7.7-23.4 104 86.2 76.6-92.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 124 16 12.8 7.6-20.9 108 87.2 79.1-92.4
Some Post-H.S. 114 11 9.0 4.4-17.6 103 91.0 82.4-95.6
College Graduate 129 *** *** *** 122 96.1 91.9-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 21 13.3 8.3-20.9 132 86.7 79.1-91.7
$50,000+ 125 *** *** *** 120 96.1 89.7-98.5
Don't know/Not Sure 86 *** *** *** 78 89.3 77.6-95.3

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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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