2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 796 75 8.6 6.4-11.5 721 91.4 88.5-93.6
GENDER
Male 330 20 5.6 3.1-10.0 310 94.4 90.0-96.9
Female 466 55 11.5 8.2-15.9 411 88.5 84.1-91.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 456 46 10.5 7.5-14.5 410 89.5 85.5-92.5
Non-Hispanic Black 149 14 5.6 2.5-12.2 135 94.4 87.8-97.5
Other 183 15 4.6 2.0-10.2 168 95.4 89.8-98.0
AGE
18-44 227 *** *** *** 222 98.8 96.8-99.6
45-64 240 20 12.8 8.0-19.9 220 87.2 80.1-92.0
65+ 309 49 16.5 11.4-23.2 260 83.5 76.8-88.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 296 36 11.5 7.6-17.0 260 88.5 83.0-92.4
Some Post-H.S. 218 26 9.1 5.6-14.5 192 90.9 85.5-94.4
College Graduate 279 13 2.7 1.3- 5.7 266 97.3 94.3-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 327 45 12.3 8.5-17.4 282 87.7 82.6-91.5
$50,000+ 286 12 3.1 1.4- 6.7 274 96.9 93.3-98.6
Don't know/Not Sure 181 18 12.6 6.8-22.2 163 87.4 77.8-93.2

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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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