2024 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 4,311 297 6.7 5.8- 7.6 4,014 93.3 92.4-94.2
Region 7 807 34 3.9 2.7- 5.7 773 96.1 94.3-97.3
GENDER
Male 372 14 3.7 2.1- 6.5 358 96.3 93.5-97.9
Female 435 20 4.2 2.5- 6.8 415 95.8 93.2-97.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 447 18 3.6 2.2- 6.1 429 96.4 93.9-97.8
Non-Hispanic Black 161 11 5.5 2.8-10.3 150 94.5 89.7-97.2
Other 191 *** *** *** 186 96.9 91.7-98.9
AGE
18-44 342 *** *** *** 339 98.8 96.4-99.6
45-64 269 17 5.6 3.3- 9.4 252 94.4 90.6-96.7
65+ 174 13 6.9 3.9-12.1 161 93.1 87.9-96.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 232 15 5.9 3.4-10.3 217 94.1 89.7-96.6
Some Post-H.S. 195 12 4.0 2.1- 7.4 183 96.0 92.6-97.9
College Graduate 377 *** *** *** 370 97.8 95.1-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 13 5.4 2.9- 9.7 196 94.6 90.3-97.1
$50,000+ 392 13 3.6 2.0- 6.6 379 96.4 93.4-98.0
Don't know/Not Sure 197 *** *** *** 189 96.7 93.2-98.4

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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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