2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 3 478 48 9.4 6.9-12.7 430 90.6 87.3-93.1
GENDER
Male 217 14 6.3 3.6-10.7 203 93.7 89.3-96.4
Female 261 34 12.3 8.5-17.5 227 87.7 82.5-91.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 367 42 11.1 8.0-15.2 325 88.9 84.8-92.0
Non-Hispanic Black 57 *** *** *** 52 91.9 80.7-96.8
Other 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 156 *** *** *** 151 96.5 91.5-98.6
45-64 173 20 11.6 7.3-17.8 153 88.4 82.2-92.7
65+ 141 23 17.5 11.3-26.1 118 82.5 73.9-88.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 20 11.3 7.1-17.6 136 88.7 82.4-92.9
Some Post-H.S. 152 24 11.1 7.1-16.9 128 88.9 83.1-92.9
College Graduate 170 *** *** *** 166 97.2 92.2-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 27 12.9 8.5-19.0 140 87.1 81.0-91.5
$50,000+ 200 *** *** *** 190 93.8 88.5-96.7
Don't know/Not Sure 110 11 8.6 4.4-16.4 99 91.4 83.6-95.6

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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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