2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 4,916 371 7.6 6.7- 8.6 4,545 92.4 91.4-93.3
Region 1 & 2 495 35 9.8 6.3-15.0 460 90.2 85.0-93.7
GENDER
Male 230 12 8.1 3.3-18.6 218 91.9 81.4-96.7
Female 265 23 11.5 6.3-20.1 242 88.5 79.9-93.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 389 27 10.6 6.4-17.1 362 89.4 82.9-93.6
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 *** *** *** 70 97.4 92.7-99.1
AGE
18-44 142 *** *** *** 140 97.4 90.3-99.4
45-64 175 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 169 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 20 16.6 9.4-27.7 156 83.4 72.3-90.6
Some Post-H.S. 130 12 7.6 3.9-14.4 118 92.4 85.6-96.1
College Graduate 187 *** *** *** 184 99.3 97.4-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 182 *** *** *** 176 97.1 92.9-98.8
Don't know/Not Sure 116 12 11.1 5.8-20.3 104 88.9 79.7-94.2

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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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