2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 677 37 4.6 2.8- 7.4 640 95.4 92.6-97.2
GENDER
Male 306 13 5.0 2.2-10.8 293 95.0 89.2-97.8
Female 371 24 4.3 2.6- 7.0 347 95.7 93.0-97.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 377 19 5.1 2.5- 9.9 358 94.9 90.1-97.5
Non-Hispanic Black 144 12 6.6 3.2-12.8 132 93.4 87.2-96.8
Other 143 *** *** *** 137 98.8 96.8-99.6
AGE
18-44 264 *** *** *** 258 96.6 90.1-98.9
45-64 227 *** *** *** 218 97.2 93.5-98.8
65+ 181 22 10.9 6.4-18.1 159 89.1 81.9-93.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 12 2.9 1.5- 5.8 164 97.1 94.2-98.5
Some Post-H.S. 151 16 10.8 5.4-20.5 135 89.2 79.5-94.6
College Graduate 348 *** *** *** 339 98.1 95.2-99.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 22 8.5 5.1-13.8 154 91.5 86.2-94.9
$50,000+ 367 *** *** *** 359 97.5 91.7-99.3
Don't know/Not Sure 130 *** *** *** 124 94.8 86.7-98.1

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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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