2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 592 62 9.5 6.9-13.0 530 90.5 87.0-93.1
GENDER
Male 271 17 5.8 3.2-10.2 254 94.2 89.8-96.8
Female 321 45 13.2 9.0-18.9 276 86.8 81.1-91.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 374 45 11.3 7.9-15.9 329 88.7 84.1-92.1
Non-Hispanic Black 126 *** *** *** 117 92.8 83.2-97.1
Other 77 *** *** *** 71 94.5 85.8-98.0
AGE
18-44 210 *** *** *** 201 96.4 92.7-98.3
45-64 186 18 12.6 6.9-21.9 168 87.4 78.1-93.1
65+ 185 33 16.0 10.5-23.6 152 84.0 76.4-89.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 214 32 11.8 7.8-17.5 182 88.2 82.5-92.2
Some Post-H.S. 177 21 10.2 5.5-18.0 156 89.8 82.0-94.5
College Graduate 199 *** *** *** 190 97.0 93.9-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 37 13.6 8.9-20.2 195 86.4 79.8-91.1
$50,000+ 227 11 4.4 2.1- 8.9 216 95.6 91.1-97.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 129 14 10.1 5.1-18.8 115 89.9 81.2-94.9

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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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