2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 431 34 7.1 4.9-10.2 397 92.9 89.8-95.1
GENDER
Male 182 15 6.1 3.5-10.5 167 93.9 89.5-96.5
Female 249 19 8.1 4.9-13.1 230 91.9 86.9-95.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 232 21 8.7 5.4-13.6 211 91.3 86.4-94.6
Non-Hispanic Black 126 *** *** *** 117 94.7 89.1-97.5
Other 73 *** *** *** 69 95.3 86.3-98.5
AGE
18-44 167 *** *** *** 163 97.9 94.2-99.3
45-64 139 15 12.9 7.7-20.9 124 87.1 79.1-92.3
65+ 118 15 11.8 6.3-20.8 103 88.2 79.2-93.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 15 7.7 4.4-13.1 155 92.3 86.9-95.6
Some Post-H.S. 138 12 8.3 4.5-14.7 126 91.7 85.3-95.5
College Graduate 122 *** *** *** 115 95.9 89.8-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 18 8.5 5.1-13.7 173 91.5 86.3-94.9
$50,000+ 142 *** *** *** 132 94.1 88.2-97.2
Don't know/Not Sure 89 *** *** *** 84 93.6 83.7-97.7

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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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