2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 403 33 7.5 4.9-11.4 370 92.5 88.6-95.1
GENDER
Male 185 15 7.3 3.9-13.4 170 92.7 86.6-96.1
Female 218 18 7.7 4.3-13.4 200 92.3 86.6-95.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 200 14 7.4 3.7-14.2 186 92.6 85.8-96.3
Non-Hispanic Black 97 13 10.4 5.7-18.3 84 89.6 81.7-94.3
Other 97 *** *** *** 91 95.4 85.8-98.6
AGE
18-44 172 *** *** *** 168 98.1 94.2-99.4
45-64 127 12 10.5 5.0-20.6 115 89.5 79.4-95.0
65+ 97 17 17.1 9.5-29.0 80 82.9 71.0-90.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 16 7.9 4.2-14.4 106 92.1 85.6-95.8
Some Post-H.S. 130 11 8.6 4.1-17.1 119 91.4 82.9-95.9
College Graduate 150 *** *** *** 145 96.4 90.2-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 136 14 7.2 3.4-14.3 122 92.8 85.7-96.6
$50,000+ 179 *** *** *** 169 93.2 86.2-96.8
Don't know/Not Sure 84 *** *** *** 75 90.5 80.4-95.7

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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 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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