2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 495 35 9.8 6.3-15.0 460 90.2 85.0-93.7
Region 3 478 48 9.4 6.9-12.7 430 90.6 87.3-93.1
Region 4 740 54 6.9 5.1- 9.4 686 93.1 90.6-94.9
Region 5 663 38 7.6 5.0-11.2 625 92.4 88.8-95.0
Region 6 535 48 9.2 6.4-13.2 487 90.8 86.8-93.6
Region 7 707 38 5.4 3.8- 7.7 669 94.6 92.3-96.2
Region 8 796 75 8.6 6.4-11.5 721 91.4 88.5-93.6
Region 9 & 10 502 35 6.5 4.5- 9.3 467 93.5 90.7-95.5
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,849 158 7.7 6.4- 9.3 1,691 92.3 90.7-93.6
Piedmont 2,450 158 6.8 5.6- 8.2 2,292 93.2 91.8-94.4
Western NC 617 55 10.6 7.5-14.8 562 89.4 85.2-92.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 408 28 9.9 5.8-16.5 380 90.1 83.5-94.2
Northwest 722 70 8.6 6.6-11.1 652 91.4 88.9-93.4
Charlotte 596 39 6.3 4.4- 9.0 557 93.7 91.0-95.6
Greensboro 513 35 8.5 5.5-13.0 478 91.5 87.0-94.5
Southern Regional 787 72 7.9 5.6-11.2 715 92.1 88.8-94.4
Southeast 371 37 11.9 8.3-16.8 334 88.1 83.2-91.7
Wake 820 40 5.5 3.9- 7.8 780 94.5 92.2-96.1
Area L & Eastern 699 50 6.2 4.5- 8.4 649 93.8 91.6-95.5
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 520 36 9.5 6.2-14.4 484 90.5 85.6-93.8
Region 2 742 66 9.7 7.1-13.1 676 90.3 86.9-92.9
Region 3 753 54 6.7 4.9- 9.1 699 93.3 90.9-95.1
Region 4 1,051 52 5.2 3.8- 7.0 999 94.8 93.0-96.2
Region 5 1,187 112 9.8 7.7-12.5 1,075 90.2 87.5-92.3
Region 6 663 51 6.6 4.8- 9.0 612 93.4 91.0-95.2

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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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