2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 4,916 371 7.6 6.7- 8.6 4,545 92.4 91.4-93.3
Medicaid Region 1 520 36 9.5 6.2-14.4 484 90.5 85.6-93.8
GENDER
Male 241 12 7.6 3.1-17.4 229 92.4 82.6-96.9
Female 279 24 11.3 6.3-19.6 255 88.7 80.4-93.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 414 28 10.2 6.2-16.3 386 89.8 83.7-93.8
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 *** *** *** 70 97.5 92.8-99.1
AGE
18-44 147 *** *** *** 145 97.5 90.5-99.4
45-64 188 14 12.2 5.5-25.0 174 87.8 75.0-94.5
65+ 176 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 180 21 16.5 9.4-27.3 159 83.5 72.7-90.6
Some Post-H.S. 139 12 7.2 3.7-13.7 127 92.8 86.3-96.3
College Graduate 199 *** *** *** 196 99.4 97.5-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 18 14.5 7.2-27.2 188 85.5 72.8-92.8
$50,000+ 196 *** *** *** 190 97.2 93.3-98.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 118 12 10.9 5.7-20.0 106 89.1 80.0-94.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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