2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 663 38 7.6 5.0-11.2 625 92.4 88.8-95.0
GENDER
Male 318 17 5.9 3.4-10.1 301 94.1 89.9-96.6
Female 345 21 9.1 5.0-16.0 324 90.9 84.0-95.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 25 9.2 5.6-14.7 385 90.8 85.3-94.4
Non-Hispanic Black 140 *** *** *** 131 93.3 85.5-97.1
Other 102 *** *** *** 100 98.5 93.8-99.7
AGE
18-44 266 *** *** *** 261 97.5 93.1-99.1
45-64 214 17 12.6 6.4-23.2 197 87.4 76.8-93.6
65+ 168 16 11.7 6.6-19.9 152 88.3 80.1-93.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 16 12.2 6.4-22.0 161 87.8 78.0-93.6
Some Post-H.S. 161 13 8.1 4.3-14.8 148 91.9 85.2-95.7
College Graduate 323 *** *** *** 314 97.6 95.2-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 236 22 10.1 6.3-16.0 214 89.9 84.0-93.7
$50,000+ 288 12 4.5 2.4- 8.2 276 95.5 91.8-97.6
Don't know/Not Sure 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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