2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Respiratory Health

Do you have shortness of breath either when hurrying on level ground or when walking up a slight hill or stairs?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,759 1,039 25.4 23.7-27.2 2,720 74.6 72.8-76.3
Medicaid Region 1 664 211 31.7 26.9-36.9 453 68.3 63.1-73.1
GENDER
Male 308 78 28.9 21.8-37.3 230 71.1 62.7-78.2
Female 356 133 34.4 28.0-41.4 223 65.6 58.6-72.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 573 186 32.6 27.3-38.3 387 67.4 61.7-72.7
Non-Hispanic Black 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 162 29 18.0 11.2-27.6 133 82.0 72.4-88.8
45-64 234 75 36.0 27.3-45.6 159 64.0 54.4-72.7
65+ 257 104 44.3 35.8-53.2 153 55.7 46.8-64.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 232 82 33.8 26.1-42.5 150 66.2 57.5-73.9
Some Post-H.S. 203 74 35.8 26.9-45.9 129 64.2 54.1-73.1
College Graduate 229 55 21.9 15.8-29.6 174 78.1 70.4-84.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 296 120 39.4 31.8-47.5 176 60.6 52.5-68.2
$50,000+ 232 49 21.8 14.6-31.2 183 78.2 68.8-85.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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