2020 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 5,825 432 6.5 5.7- 7.3 5,393 93.5 92.7-94.3
Region 5 696 37 5.2 3.5- 7.6 659 94.8 92.4-96.5
GENDER
Male 312 18 6.4 3.7-11.0 294 93.6 89.0-96.3
Female 384 19 4.1 2.4- 6.8 365 95.9 93.2-97.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 422 28 6.9 4.5-10.6 394 93.1 89.4-95.5
Non-Hispanic Black 172 *** *** *** 165 97.8 95.0-99.1
Other 102 *** *** *** 100 98.2 92.6-99.6
AGE
18-44 260 *** *** *** 256 97.3 92.3-99.1
45-64 234 12 4.8 2.5- 9.0 222 95.2 91.0-97.5
65+ 187 20 11.4 6.9-18.3 167 88.6 81.7-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 190 *** *** *** 181 95.7 91.1-97.9
Some Post-H.S. 182 20 9.1 5.3-15.2 162 90.9 84.8-94.7
College Graduate 324 *** *** *** 316 97.7 94.7-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 257 20 7.4 4.5-12.0 237 92.6 88.0-95.5
$50,000+ 292 *** *** *** 287 97.8 94.3-99.1
Don't know/Not Sure 135 12 7.3 3.3-15.6 123 92.7 84.4-96.7

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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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