2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 836 67 6.8 5.2- 8.9 769 93.2 91.1-94.8
GENDER
Male 415 24 5.3 3.4- 8.3 391 94.7 91.7-96.6
Female 421 43 8.2 5.9-11.4 378 91.8 88.6-94.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 539 52 8.4 6.2-11.3 487 91.6 88.7-93.8
Non-Hispanic Black 158 11 5.6 2.9-10.4 147 94.4 89.6-97.1
Other 139 *** *** *** 135 98.3 95.3-99.4
AGE
18-44 287 *** *** *** 280 97.5 94.7-98.8
45-64 320 26 8.7 5.6-13.2 294 91.3 86.8-94.4
65+ 211 33 14.5 10.0-20.6 178 85.5 79.4-90.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 269 34 11.2 7.8-15.9 235 88.8 84.1-92.2
Some Post-H.S. 246 17 4.5 2.6- 7.5 229 95.5 92.5-97.4
College Graduate 321 16 3.8 2.2- 6.6 305 96.2 93.4-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 311 39 9.6 6.7-13.5 272 90.4 86.5-93.3
$50,000+ 335 13 3.3 1.8- 6.0 322 96.7 94.0-98.2
Don't know/Not Sure 177 14 9.1 5.2-15.6 163 90.9 84.4-94.8

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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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