2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4,311 297 6.7 5.8- 7.6 4,014 93.3 92.4-94.2
Region 4 876 62 6.6 5.0- 8.8 814 93.4 91.2-95.0
GENDER
Male 411 24 5.5 3.4- 8.7 387 94.5 91.3-96.6
Female 465 38 7.6 5.3-10.9 427 92.4 89.1-94.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 493 34 7.1 4.8-10.3 459 92.9 89.7-95.2
Non-Hispanic Black 176 18 8.3 5.0-13.7 158 91.7 86.3-95.0
Other 198 *** *** *** 189 97.0 93.9-98.6
AGE
18-44 366 *** *** *** 358 98.1 96.0-99.1
45-64 281 23 8.8 5.6-13.6 258 91.2 86.4-94.4
65+ 207 30 15.1 9.9-22.3 177 84.9 77.7-90.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 250 25 10.0 6.5-15.0 225 90.0 85.0-93.5
Some Post-H.S. 220 15 5.6 3.2- 9.9 205 94.4 90.1-96.8
College Graduate 400 22 4.3 2.6- 6.9 378 95.7 93.1-97.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 241 31 10.3 6.7-15.4 210 89.7 84.6-93.3
$50,000+ 425 18 5.1 3.0- 8.4 407 94.9 91.6-97.0
Don't know/Not Sure 200 13 6.0 3.3-10.6 187 94.0 89.4-96.7

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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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