2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 733 76 7.4 5.5-10.0 657 92.6 90.0-94.5
GENDER
Male 346 28 5.2 3.1- 8.4 318 94.8 91.6-96.9
Female 387 48 9.6 6.5-14.0 339 90.4 86.0-93.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 392 50 9.6 6.8-13.5 342 90.4 86.5-93.2
Non-Hispanic Black 109 *** *** *** 102 98.5 95.8-99.5
Other 215 18 4.4 2.2- 8.6 197 95.6 91.4-97.8
AGE
18-44 252 *** *** *** 248 98.9 96.5-99.7
45-64 256 31 8.6 5.3-13.4 225 91.4 86.6-94.7
65+ 217 41 18.3 12.1-26.7 176 81.7 73.3-87.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 288 37 8.5 5.3-13.4 251 91.5 86.6-94.7
Some Post-H.S. 234 24 6.0 3.5-10.0 210 94.0 90.0-96.5
College Graduate 211 15 7.7 4.1-13.9 196 92.3 86.1-95.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 294 37 9.4 5.8-14.9 257 90.6 85.1-94.2
$50,000+ 267 16 4.6 2.5- 8.3 251 95.4 91.7-97.5
Don't know/Not Sure 165 23 9.2 5.4-15.4 142 90.8 84.6-94.6

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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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