2020 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 5,825 432 6.5 5.7- 7.3 5,393 93.5 92.7-94.3
Region 4 924 51 5.5 4.1- 7.5 873 94.5 92.5-95.9
GENDER
Male 422 15 3.8 2.1- 6.7 407 96.2 93.3-97.9
Female 502 36 7.1 4.9-10.2 466 92.9 89.8-95.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 613 39 7.2 5.1-10.2 574 92.8 89.8-94.9
Non-Hispanic Black 163 *** *** *** 158 97.6 93.8-99.1
Other 148 *** *** *** 141 96.7 92.9-98.5
AGE
18-44 344 *** *** *** 340 99.0 97.3-99.6
45-64 313 24 9.0 5.8-13.7 289 91.0 86.3-94.2
65+ 241 22 11.4 7.0-17.9 219 88.6 82.1-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 312 26 7.8 5.0-11.9 286 92.2 88.1-95.0
Some Post-H.S. 249 17 6.3 3.8-10.4 232 93.7 89.6-96.2
College Graduate 360 *** *** *** 352 98.4 96.4-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 309 32 10.7 7.2-15.6 277 89.3 84.4-92.8
$50,000+ 407 *** *** *** 397 97.5 95.2-98.7
Don't know/Not Sure 190 *** *** *** 181 96.2 92.4-98.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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