2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 740 54 6.9 5.1- 9.4 686 93.1 90.6-94.9
GENDER
Male 359 24 6.4 3.9-10.3 335 93.6 89.7-96.1
Female 381 30 7.4 5.0-10.9 351 92.6 89.1-95.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 469 34 6.3 4.3- 9.0 435 93.7 91.0-95.7
Non-Hispanic Black 132 13 10.2 5.5-18.1 119 89.8 81.9-94.5
Other 121 *** *** *** 115 95.6 88.3-98.4
AGE
18-44 298 *** *** *** 290 96.6 92.5-98.4
45-64 230 18 8.6 5.2-13.8 212 91.4 86.2-94.8
65+ 187 28 13.9 9.2-20.5 159 86.1 79.5-90.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 224 26 10.6 6.8-16.0 198 89.4 84.0-93.2
Some Post-H.S. 200 13 5.8 3.2-10.1 187 94.2 89.9-96.8
College Graduate 312 14 3.1 1.8- 5.5 298 96.9 94.5-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 24 9.8 6.3-14.9 200 90.2 85.1-93.7
$50,000+ 356 13 4.7 2.5- 8.8 343 95.3 91.2-97.5
Don't know/Not Sure 154 14 6.9 3.7-12.3 140 93.1 87.7-96.3

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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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