2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 690 44 6.7 4.7- 9.5 646 93.3 90.5-95.3
GENDER
Male 311 17 6.5 3.5-11.7 294 93.5 88.3-96.5
Female 379 27 6.9 4.6-10.2 352 93.1 89.8-95.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 400 28 8.1 5.2-12.3 372 91.9 87.7-94.8
Non-Hispanic Black 169 11 5.8 3.0-11.1 158 94.2 88.9-97.0
Other 121 *** *** *** 116 97.6 93.9-99.0
AGE
18-44 278 *** *** *** 274 98.5 95.9-99.5
45-64 257 22 12.2 7.4-19.4 235 87.8 80.6-92.6
65+ 143 18 10.9 6.6-17.3 125 89.1 82.7-93.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 192 20 11.2 6.7-18.4 172 88.8 81.6-93.3
Some Post-H.S. 195 13 5.5 3.0-10.0 182 94.5 90.0-97.0
College Graduate 302 11 3.2 1.8- 5.9 291 96.8 94.1-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 22 11.5 6.9-18.6 200 88.5 81.4-93.1
$50,000+ 307 11 4.0 2.1- 7.6 296 96.0 92.4-97.9
Don't know/Not Sure 144 11 5.5 2.9-10.2 133 94.5 89.8-97.1

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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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