2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 had asthma?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,079 637 14.8 13.3-16.5 3,442 85.2 83.5-86.7
Region 5 578 103 16.7 12.6-21.8 475 83.3 78.2-87.4
GENDER
Male 257 29 10.4 6.6-15.9 228 89.6 84.1-93.4
Female 321 74 22.6 16.0-30.8 247 77.4 69.2-84.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 363 67 17.4 12.6-23.6 296 82.6 76.4-87.4
Non-Hispanic Black 108 19 10.2 6.0-17.0 89 89.8 83.0-94.0
Other 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 209 27 16.6 9.9-26.6 182 83.4 73.4-90.1
45-64 192 39 17.3 11.6-25.0 153 82.7 75.0-88.4
65+ 163 34 16.6 10.6-24.9 129 83.4 75.1-89.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 131 22 14.0 8.2-22.8 109 86.0 77.2-91.8
College Graduate 283 56 17.9 13.4-23.5 227 82.1 76.5-86.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 32 14.6 9.7-21.4 126 85.4 78.6-90.3
$50,000+ 283 48 17.5 11.5-25.7 235 82.5 74.3-88.5
Don't know/Not Sure 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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