2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 371 39 9.0 5.8-13.6 332 91.0 86.4-94.2
GENDER
Male 155 15 10.7 5.6-19.5 140 89.3 80.5-94.4
Female 216 24 7.4 4.3-12.3 192 92.6 87.7-95.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 236 29 11.3 6.7-18.3 207 88.7 81.7-93.3
Non-Hispanic Black 92 *** *** *** 85 93.6 85.3-97.3
Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 102 *** *** *** 98 95.3 82.7-98.8
45-64 132 *** *** *** 124 96.1 91.7-98.2
65+ 136 26 21.5 13.8-31.9 110 78.5 68.1-86.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 103 11 6.1 3.1-11.6 92 93.9 88.4-96.9
Some Post-H.S. 128 20 14.8 8.3-25.0 108 85.2 75.0-91.7
College Graduate 138 *** *** *** 130 97.0 93.1-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 134 20 11.6 7.0-18.6 114 88.4 81.4-93.0
$50,000+ 164 11 8.0 3.3-18.3 153 92.0 81.7-96.7
Don't know/Not Sure 70 *** *** *** 62 93.4 83.2-97.6

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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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