2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 735 39 5.0 3.4- 7.2 696 95.0 92.8-96.6
GENDER
Male 353 16 5.6 3.1- 9.8 337 94.4 90.2-96.9
Female 382 23 4.4 2.8- 6.8 359 95.6 93.2-97.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 424 28 6.8 4.3-10.4 396 93.2 89.6-95.7
Non-Hispanic Black 157 *** *** *** 149 97.2 93.9-98.8
Other 136 *** *** *** 134 97.9 92.0-99.5
AGE
18-44 323 *** *** *** 319 98.6 95.9-99.5
45-64 250 17 7.4 4.2-12.7 233 92.6 87.3-95.8
65+ 147 18 10.2 5.8-17.3 129 89.8 82.7-94.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 210 18 7.8 4.6-13.1 192 92.2 86.9-95.4
Some Post-H.S. 175 15 6.4 3.5-11.5 160 93.6 88.5-96.5
College Graduate 347 *** *** *** 341 99.0 97.7-99.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 21 9.4 5.8-15.0 181 90.6 85.0-94.2
$50,000+ 358 *** *** *** 352 98.7 97.0-99.5
Don't know/Not Sure 170 12 6.7 3.2-13.7 158 93.3 86.3-96.8

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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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