2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 4,491 352 7.6 6.5- 8.9 4,139 92.4 91.1-93.5
Region 1 & 2 421 50 10.0 7.2-13.7 371 90.0 86.3-92.8
GENDER
Male 189 23 10.1 6.2-16.1 166 89.9 83.9-93.8
Female 232 27 9.9 6.3-15.1 205 90.1 84.9-93.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 359 44 11.0 7.8-15.3 315 89.0 84.7-92.2
Non-Hispanic Black 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 112 *** *** *** 108 97.2 91.7-99.1
45-64 147 13 8.9 4.7-16.2 134 91.1 83.8-95.3
65+ 151 32 20.9 14.2-29.6 119 79.1 70.4-85.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 15 8.8 4.9-15.3 107 91.2 84.7-95.1
Some Post-H.S. 123 21 13.5 8.2-21.6 102 86.5 78.4-91.8
College Graduate 176 14 7.0 3.7-12.7 162 93.0 87.3-96.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 169 30 13.2 8.3-20.2 139 86.8 79.8-91.7
$50,000+ 177 12 6.7 3.6-12.1 165 93.3 87.9-96.4
Don't know/Not Sure 72 *** *** *** 64 89.7 78.9-95.3

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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 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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