2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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 4,311 297 6.7 5.8- 7.6 4,014 93.3 92.4-94.2
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 608 51 8.8 6.4-11.9 557 91.2 88.1-93.6
Region 3 344 23 6.7 4.0-11.1 321 93.3 88.9-96.0
Region 4 876 62 6.6 5.0- 8.8 814 93.4 91.2-95.0
Region 5 634 43 6.8 4.8- 9.5 591 93.2 90.5-95.2
Region 6 307 20 7.6 4.5-12.7 287 92.4 87.3-95.5
Region 7 807 34 3.9 2.7- 5.7 773 96.1 94.3-97.3
Region 8 389 30 7.1 4.7-10.4 359 92.9 89.6-95.3
Region 9 & 10 346 34 7.9 5.4-11.5 312 92.1 88.5-94.6
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,165 95 7.4 5.9- 9.2 1,070 92.6 90.8-94.1
Piedmont 2,402 137 5.6 4.6- 6.9 2,265 94.4 93.1-95.4
Western NC 744 65 9.6 7.1-12.9 679 90.4 87.1-92.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 522 36 7.3 5.0-10.5 486 92.7 89.5-95.0
Northwest 605 53 8.0 5.7-11.1 552 92.0 88.9-94.3
Charlotte 710 47 6.2 4.4- 8.5 663 93.8 91.5-95.6
Greensboro 483 39 7.7 5.3-10.9 444 92.3 89.1-94.7
Southern Regional 355 30 8.7 5.6-13.3 325 91.3 86.7-94.4
Southeast 216 16 8.0 4.6-13.7 200 92.0 86.3-95.4
Wake 877 28 3.0 2.0- 4.5 849 97.0 95.5-98.0
Area L & Eastern 543 48 7.6 5.5-10.4 495 92.4 89.6-94.5
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 608 51 8.8 6.4-11.9 557 91.2 88.1-93.6
Region 2 615 46 6.9 4.8- 9.8 569 93.1 90.2-95.2
Region 3 885 62 6.4 4.8- 8.5 823 93.6 91.5-95.2
Region 4 1,140 47 4.1 3.0- 5.7 1,093 95.9 94.3-97.0
Region 5 582 46 8.2 5.8-11.4 536 91.8 88.6-94.2
Region 6 481 45 8.2 5.9-11.3 436 91.8 88.7-94.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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