2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 535 48 9.2 6.4-13.2 487 90.8 86.8-93.6
GENDER
Male 261 22 9.7 5.5-16.5 239 90.3 83.5-94.5
Female 274 26 8.7 5.4-13.7 248 91.3 86.3-94.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 291 27 10.4 6.2-16.8 264 89.6 83.2-93.8
Non-Hispanic Black 148 15 8.7 4.6-15.6 133 91.3 84.4-95.4
Other 87 *** *** *** 81 92.5 81.4-97.2
AGE
18-44 206 *** *** *** 197 93.3 85.6-97.0
45-64 159 13 9.4 5.0-17.2 146 90.6 82.8-95.0
65+ 161 26 15.9 10.7-22.9 135 84.1 77.1-89.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 20 12.3 7.0-20.6 177 87.7 79.4-93.0
Some Post-H.S. 170 21 9.1 5.4-14.8 149 90.9 85.2-94.6
College Graduate 166 *** *** *** 159 96.5 92.8-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 24 9.0 5.7-14.0 178 91.0 86.0-94.3
$50,000+ 215 *** *** *** 205 92.6 84.0-96.7
Don't know/Not Sure 116 14 12.6 6.6-22.9 102 87.4 77.1-93.4

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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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