2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 502 35 6.5 4.5- 9.3 467 93.5 90.7-95.5
GENDER
Male 224 14 4.7 2.6- 8.3 210 95.3 91.7-97.4
Female 278 21 8.3 5.2-12.9 257 91.7 87.1-94.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 320 21 5.6 3.5- 8.8 299 94.4 91.2-96.5
Non-Hispanic Black 110 13 10.5 5.8-18.3 97 89.5 81.7-94.2
Other 60 *** *** *** 60 100 -
AGE
18-44 159 *** *** *** 156 97.7 93.2-99.3
45-64 163 11 8.0 4.2-14.7 152 92.0 85.3-95.8
65+ 164 20 11.6 7.3-18.1 144 88.4 81.9-92.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 16 6.9 4.1-11.3 158 93.1 88.7-95.9
Some Post-H.S. 135 12 7.6 4.0-14.0 123 92.4 86.0-96.0
College Graduate 188 *** *** *** 181 95.4 89.4-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 23 9.9 6.3-15.1 161 90.1 84.9-93.7
$50,000+ 187 *** *** *** 182 97.4 93.2-99.0
Don't know/Not Sure 129 *** *** *** 122 93.3 85.2-97.1

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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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