2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 697 54 5.7 3.5- 9.2 643 94.3 90.8-96.5
GENDER
Male 290 21 4.9 2.3-10.0 269 95.1 90.0-97.7
Female 407 33 6.5 3.4-12.1 374 93.5 87.9-96.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 290 24 7.0 4.0-12.0 266 93.0 88.0-96.0
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** 75 94.6 83.0-98.4
Other 315 20 1.6 0.5- 5.3 295 98.4 94.7-99.5
AGE
18-44 212 *** *** *** 206 96.8 91.2-98.9
45-64 254 16 3.5 1.2- 9.8 238 96.5 90.2-98.8
65+ 223 32 13.6 7.3-23.8 191 86.4 76.2-92.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 248 21 6.3 3.0-12.7 227 93.7 87.3-97.0
Some Post-H.S. 210 21 5.0 2.0-12.0 189 95.0 88.0-98.0
College Graduate 236 12 5.7 2.3-13.7 224 94.3 86.3-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 33 9.4 4.8-17.6 232 90.6 82.4-95.2
$50,000+ 269 12 3.6 1.7- 7.7 257 96.4 92.3-98.3
Don't know/Not Sure 156 *** *** *** 147 95.6 85.7-98.7

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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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