2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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
Western 509 58 11.1 7.7-15.7 451 88.9 84.3-92.3
GENDER
Male 232 28 10.6 6.7-16.5 204 89.4 83.5-93.3
Female 277 30 11.5 6.6-19.4 247 88.5 80.6-93.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 437 50 12.2 8.4-17.6 387 87.8 82.4-91.6
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 109 23 19.9 12.3-30.6 86 80.1 69.4-87.7
75+ 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 153 23 11.4 7.0-18.1 130 88.6 81.9-93.0
College Graduate 217 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 174 43 24.2 16.2-34.6 131 75.8 65.4-83.8
No 320 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 445 50 10.7 7.1-15.8 395 89.3 84.2-92.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 263 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 168 31 19.6 13.1-28.4 137 80.4 71.6-86.9
Unable to Work 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 282 22 7.0 4.3-11.2 260 93.0 88.8-95.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 382 45 12.1 8.0-17.9 337 87.9 82.1-92.0
Rent 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 186 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 323 46 13.9 9.3-20.3 277 86.1 79.7-90.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 136 22 16.8 9.1-28.9 114 83.2 71.1-90.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 173 22 12.0 7.4-18.8 151 88.0 81.2-92.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 200 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 295 24 6.2 3.9- 9.8 271 93.8 90.2-96.1
2nd Quartile 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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