2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 397 47 10.7 7.7-14.9 350 89.3 85.1-92.3
GENDER
Male 183 19 8.7 5.1-14.3 164 91.3 85.7-94.9
Female 214 28 12.7 8.1-19.3 186 87.3 80.7-91.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 257 27 11.0 7.0-16.9 230 89.0 83.1-93.0
Non-Hispanic Black 102 16 11.4 6.6-19.0 86 88.6 81.0-93.4
Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 133 *** *** *** 128 95.3 87.3-98.3
45-64 133 16 11.7 6.7-19.4 117 88.3 80.6-93.3
65+ 125 25 20.6 13.2-30.7 100 79.4 69.3-86.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 20 12.7 7.6-20.7 116 87.3 79.3-92.4
Some Post-H.S. 142 16 10.2 5.9-17.2 126 89.8 82.8-94.1
College Graduate 118 11 7.9 3.9-15.2 107 92.1 84.8-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 27 13.2 8.6-19.8 152 86.8 80.2-91.4
$50,000+ 137 11 5.9 3.0-11.2 126 94.1 88.8-97.0
Don't know/Not Sure 78 *** *** *** 70 88.8 75.4-95.4

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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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