2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 4,073 322 7.0 6.0- 8.2 3,751 93.0 91.8-94.0
Region 1 & 2 446 38 10.4 6.8-15.4 408 89.6 84.6-93.2
GENDER
Male 190 14 9.6 5.3-16.8 176 90.4 83.2-94.7
Female 256 24 11.1 6.0-19.6 232 88.9 80.4-94.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 366 30 11.2 7.2-16.9 336 88.8 83.1-92.8
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 108 *** *** *** 103 93.8 85.4-97.5
45-64 145 14 12.1 5.3-25.3 131 87.9 74.7-94.7
65+ 184 19 14.1 7.8-24.2 165 85.9 75.8-92.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 16 16.2 8.8-28.0 106 83.8 72.0-91.2
Some Post-H.S. 141 13 6.5 3.0-13.6 128 93.5 86.4-97.0
College Graduate 181 *** *** *** 172 93.0 83.4-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 22 20.7 12.5-32.4 131 79.3 67.6-87.5
$50,000+ 185 *** *** *** 176 96.5 92.1-98.5
Don't know/Not Sure 102 *** *** *** 96 96.4 90.1-98.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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