2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 578 44 6.1 4.0- 9.2 534 93.9 90.8-96.0
GENDER
Male 268 15 3.0 1.7- 5.1 253 97.0 94.9-98.3
Female 310 29 9.0 5.3-14.8 281 91.0 85.2-94.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 343 30 6.0 3.8- 9.5 313 94.0 90.5-96.2
Non-Hispanic Black 123 12 7.2 3.8-13.5 111 92.8 86.5-96.2
Other 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 223 *** *** *** 222 98.1 87.8-99.7
45-64 187 16 8.0 4.5-14.0 171 92.0 86.0-95.5
65+ 156 27 13.8 8.6-21.5 129 86.2 78.5-91.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 19 8.8 4.3-16.8 148 91.2 83.2-95.7
Some Post-H.S. 155 12 4.8 2.5- 9.1 143 95.2 90.9-97.5
College Graduate 251 13 4.6 2.4- 8.6 238 95.4 91.4-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 18 6.5 3.6-11.4 154 93.5 88.6-96.4
$50,000+ 263 11 4.4 1.7-10.9 252 95.6 89.1-98.3
Don't know/Not Sure 135 14 9.1 4.7-17.0 121 90.9 83.0-95.3

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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 2023 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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