2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 749 44 6.8 4.8- 9.5 705 93.2 90.5-95.2
GENDER
Male 360 17 6.1 3.5-10.5 343 93.9 89.5-96.5
Female 389 27 7.4 4.8-11.3 362 92.6 88.7-95.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 457 32 8.4 5.7-12.4 425 91.6 87.6-94.3
Non-Hispanic Black 145 *** *** *** 136 92.8 85.3-96.7
Other 130 *** *** *** 127 98.7 95.7-99.6
AGE
18-44 319 *** *** *** 314 97.4 93.3-99.0
45-64 246 16 7.6 4.3-13.1 230 92.4 86.9-95.7
65+ 160 23 18.1 11.4-27.5 137 81.9 72.5-88.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 19 9.8 5.9-15.8 189 90.2 84.2-94.1
Some Post-H.S. 212 19 8.0 4.6-13.8 193 92.0 86.2-95.4
College Graduate 324 *** *** *** 318 97.6 94.4-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 27 13.1 8.6-19.7 199 86.9 80.3-91.4
$50,000+ 331 *** *** *** 323 96.7 92.5-98.5
Don't know/Not Sure 173 *** *** *** 165 95.0 88.7-97.8

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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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