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 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 5 578 41 5.5 3.6- 8.3 537 94.5 91.7-96.4
GENDER
Male 257 *** *** *** 249 98.0 94.9-99.2
Female 321 33 8.6 5.4-13.5 288 91.4 86.5-94.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 363 29 5.4 3.4- 8.5 334 94.6 91.5-96.6
Non-Hispanic Black 107 *** *** *** 101 95.4 87.2-98.4
Other 98 *** *** *** 92 92.5 79.5-97.5
AGE
18-44 210 *** *** *** 207 98.6 95.4-99.6
45-64 191 *** *** *** 182 94.5 87.9-97.6
65+ 163 28 13.9 8.2-22.7 135 86.1 77.3-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 12 5.2 2.5-10.4 147 94.8 89.6-97.5
Some Post-H.S. 131 *** *** *** 121 93.3 85.0-97.1
College Graduate 283 18 4.5 2.5- 8.0 265 95.5 92.0-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 16 7.1 3.9-12.7 142 92.9 87.3-96.1
$50,000+ 283 14 4.9 2.5- 9.2 269 95.1 90.8-97.5
Don't know/Not Sure 128 *** *** *** 119 95.5 86.4-98.6

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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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