2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Respiratory Health

During the past 3 months, did you have a cough on most days?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,772 719 18.4 16.9-20.1 3,053 81.6 79.9-83.1
Medicaid Region 1 664 129 18.9 15.0-23.5 535 81.1 76.5-85.0
GENDER
Male 308 47 16.2 10.7-23.7 261 83.8 76.3-89.3
Female 356 82 21.4 16.3-27.7 274 78.6 72.3-83.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 573 115 19.4 15.2-24.4 458 80.6 75.6-84.8
Non-Hispanic Black 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 163 23 13.8 7.7-23.5 140 86.2 76.5-92.3
45-64 234 48 16.0 11.3-22.1 186 84.0 77.9-88.7
65+ 256 57 29.7 21.8-39.0 199 70.3 61.0-78.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 232 43 17.3 11.7-24.7 189 82.7 75.3-88.3
Some Post-H.S. 204 53 25.1 17.4-34.8 151 74.9 65.2-82.6
College Graduate 228 33 12.6 8.6-18.2 195 87.4 81.8-91.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 298 73 22.6 16.8-29.8 225 77.4 70.2-83.2
$50,000+ 232 34 16.3 9.8-25.7 198 83.7 74.3-90.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 134 22 15.3 9.0-25.0 112 84.7 75.0-91.0

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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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