2024 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 4,311 297 6.7 5.8- 7.6 4,014 93.3 92.4-94.2
Region 8 389 30 7.1 4.7-10.4 359 92.9 89.6-95.3
GENDER
Male 186 14 7.1 4.1-12.2 172 92.9 87.8-95.9
Female 203 16 7.0 4.0-11.9 187 93.0 88.1-96.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 259 24 8.7 5.6-13.4 235 91.3 86.6-94.4
Non-Hispanic Black 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 74 *** *** *** 71 96.8 89.7-99.1
AGE
18-44 143 *** *** *** 138 97.6 94.3-99.0
45-64 128 *** *** *** 120 92.6 84.3-96.6
65+ 111 17 15.7 9.3-25.1 94 84.3 74.9-90.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 16 9.0 5.2-15.0 126 91.0 85.0-94.8
Some Post-H.S. 100 *** *** *** 91 92.0 84.2-96.2
College Graduate 146 *** *** *** 141 96.9 92.5-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 119 12 10.1 5.4-18.1 107 89.9 81.9-94.6
$50,000+ 175 *** *** *** 168 95.8 91.0-98.1
Don't know/Not Sure 92 11 8.8 4.6-16.2 81 91.2 83.8-95.4

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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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