2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 1,187 112 9.8 7.7-12.5 1,075 90.2 87.5-92.3
GENDER
Male 526 41 8.9 5.9-13.4 485 91.1 86.6-94.1
Female 661 71 10.7 7.9-14.3 590 89.3 85.7-92.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 659 64 11.5 8.5-15.4 595 88.5 84.6-91.5
Non-Hispanic Black 271 29 8.7 5.3-14.1 242 91.3 85.9-94.7
Other 242 19 6.5 3.0-13.2 223 93.5 86.8-97.0
AGE
18-44 375 13 4.7 2.2- 9.7 362 95.3 90.3-97.8
45-64 356 30 11.9 8.0-17.2 326 88.1 82.8-92.0
65+ 428 68 16.9 12.7-22.3 360 83.1 77.7-87.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 433 51 13.4 9.3-18.8 382 86.6 81.2-90.7
Some Post-H.S. 346 42 9.9 6.8-14.2 304 90.1 85.8-93.2
College Graduate 404 19 3.5 2.0- 6.0 385 96.5 94.0-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 470 62 11.7 8.6-15.7 408 88.3 84.3-91.4
$50,000+ 444 19 5.9 3.1-11.0 425 94.1 89.0-96.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 270 31 13.9 8.9-21.1 239 86.1 78.9-91.1

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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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