2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4,491 352 7.6 6.5- 8.9 4,139 92.4 91.1-93.5
Medicaid Region 4 1,092 51 4.6 3.4- 6.3 1,041 95.4 93.7-96.6
GENDER
Male 518 22 4.7 2.8- 7.8 496 95.3 92.2-97.2
Female 574 29 4.5 3.1- 6.7 545 95.5 93.3-96.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 644 38 6.3 4.3- 9.0 606 93.7 91.0-95.7
Non-Hispanic Black 216 *** *** *** 208 97.7 94.9-99.0
Other 207 *** *** *** 203 97.5 93.4-99.1
AGE
18-44 496 *** *** *** 487 98.5 97.1-99.3
45-64 364 20 6.2 3.7-10.3 344 93.8 89.7-96.3
65+ 211 22 10.3 6.4-16.4 189 89.7 83.6-93.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 283 21 6.7 4.1-10.9 262 93.3 89.1-95.9
Some Post-H.S. 260 18 6.2 3.6-10.4 242 93.8 89.6-96.4
College Graduate 543 12 1.7 0.9- 3.1 531 98.3 96.9-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 297 29 9.7 6.5-14.2 268 90.3 85.8-93.5
$50,000+ 555 *** *** *** 547 99.0 97.8-99.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 232 14 5.8 2.9-11.2 218 94.2 88.8-97.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 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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