2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Respiratory Health

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,704 1,207 31.0 29.1-32.9 2,497 69.0 67.1-70.9
Medicaid Region 1 651 243 38.7 33.6-44.1 408 61.3 55.9-66.4
GENDER
Male 300 121 43.0 35.3-51.1 179 57.0 48.9-64.7
Female 351 122 34.8 28.3-41.8 229 65.2 58.2-71.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 560 213 39.1 33.6-44.8 347 60.9 55.2-66.4
Non-Hispanic Black 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 161 41 28.6 20.2-38.9 120 71.4 61.1-79.8
45-64 231 95 44.1 35.8-52.8 136 55.9 47.2-64.2
65+ 248 104 46.9 38.1-55.8 144 53.1 44.2-61.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 224 86 36.6 28.7-45.3 138 63.4 54.7-71.3
Some Post-H.S. 201 91 48.2 38.5-57.9 110 51.8 42.1-61.5
College Graduate 226 66 28.8 21.5-37.4 160 71.2 62.6-78.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 289 125 47.6 39.8-55.5 164 52.4 44.5-60.2
$50,000+ 230 74 32.8 24.5-42.4 156 67.2 57.6-75.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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