2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 620 50 8.0 5.9-10.7 570 92.0 89.3-94.1
GENDER
Male 282 23 8.5 5.5-12.7 259 91.5 87.3-94.5
Female 338 27 7.5 4.9-11.4 311 92.5 88.6-95.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 376 35 9.4 6.6-13.2 341 90.6 86.8-93.4
Non-Hispanic Black 145 *** *** *** 137 94.2 88.1-97.3
Other 99 *** *** *** 92 95.7 90.4-98.2
AGE
18-44 252 *** *** *** 242 95.6 91.7-97.7
45-64 195 16 7.6 4.5-12.7 179 92.4 87.3-95.5
65+ 164 23 15.1 9.8-22.6 141 84.9 77.4-90.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 180 21 11.1 7.1-17.0 159 88.9 83.0-92.9
Some Post-H.S. 156 18 9.0 5.4-14.8 138 91.0 85.2-94.6
College Graduate 281 11 3.9 2.0- 7.4 270 96.1 92.6-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 210 25 11.9 7.9-17.6 185 88.1 82.4-92.1
$50,000+ 269 11 3.9 2.0- 7.4 258 96.1 92.6-98.0
Don't know/Not Sure 133 14 10.8 5.9-19.0 119 89.2 81.0-94.1

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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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