2020 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 5,825 432 6.5 5.7- 7.3 5,393 93.5 92.7-94.3
Region 9 & 10 550 35 4.6 3.1- 6.6 515 95.4 93.4-96.9
GENDER
Male 252 18 5.4 3.2- 9.0 234 94.6 91.0-96.8
Female 298 17 3.8 2.2- 6.4 281 96.2 93.6-97.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 367 22 4.1 2.6- 6.4 345 95.9 93.6-97.4
Non-Hispanic Black 127 *** *** *** 117 94.7 89.3-97.4
Other 56 *** *** *** 53 94.2 81.1-98.4
AGE
18-44 152 *** *** *** 150 99.2 96.3-99.8
45-64 211 15 7.4 4.4-12.3 196 92.6 87.7-95.6
65+ 178 18 7.6 4.3-13.0 160 92.4 87.0-95.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 214 17 4.7 2.8- 7.7 197 95.3 92.3-97.2
Some Post-H.S. 160 *** *** *** 150 95.7 91.2-98.0
College Graduate 173 *** *** *** 165 95.2 89.2-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 19 6.6 3.9-10.8 181 93.4 89.2-96.1
$50,000+ 203 11 4.6 2.3- 8.8 192 95.4 91.2-97.7
Don't know/Not Sure 132 *** *** *** 127 97.8 94.3-99.2

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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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