2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 707 38 5.4 3.8- 7.7 669 94.6 92.3-96.2
GENDER
Male 349 13 3.7 2.0- 6.6 336 96.3 93.4-98.0
Female 358 25 7.0 4.5-10.8 333 93.0 89.2-95.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 406 22 5.2 3.2- 8.3 384 94.8 91.7-96.8
Non-Hispanic Black 150 12 8.1 4.4-14.4 138 91.9 85.6-95.6
Other 136 *** *** *** 132 97.3 91.4-99.2
AGE
18-44 312 *** *** *** 305 97.2 93.9-98.7
45-64 242 15 6.2 3.6-10.6 227 93.8 89.4-96.4
65+ 138 16 11.0 6.1-18.9 122 89.0 81.1-93.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 13 6.7 3.8-11.7 180 93.3 88.3-96.2
Some Post-H.S. 146 14 8.4 4.7-14.5 132 91.6 85.5-95.3
College Graduate 362 11 2.0 1.1- 3.9 351 98.0 96.1-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 17 8.8 5.3-14.3 197 91.2 85.7-94.7
$50,000+ 352 *** *** *** 343 98.0 95.7-99.1
Don't know/Not Sure 138 12 8.6 4.4-15.9 126 91.4 84.1-95.6

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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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