2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 687 39 7.0 4.2-11.3 648 93.0 88.7-95.8
GENDER
Male 321 20 6.2 3.7-10.1 301 93.8 89.9-96.3
Female 366 19 7.7 3.5-16.1 347 92.3 83.9-96.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 424 26 8.5 4.5-15.4 398 91.5 84.6-95.5
Non-Hispanic Black 133 *** *** *** 126 94.5 87.5-97.7
Other 116 *** *** *** 111 96.4 91.2-98.6
AGE
18-44 282 *** *** *** 273 97.5 95.0-98.8
45-64 234 *** *** *** 225 96.0 91.9-98.1
65+ 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 180 19 12.1 5.7-23.8 161 87.9 76.2-94.3
Some Post-H.S. 176 11 6.0 3.0-11.8 165 94.0 88.2-97.0
College Graduate 326 *** *** *** 318 97.3 94.4-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 25 15.0 8.0-26.5 184 85.0 73.5-92.0
$50,000+ 317 *** *** *** 311 98.1 95.4-99.2
Don't know/Not Sure 154 *** *** *** 146 95.2 89.4-97.9

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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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